“What!”
“It’s really very simple, sir. You see you’re so extraordinary like ’im any way. Just a touch of make-up and you’d be perfect. We’ll give you a key to the villa and you can change into some of ’is clothes and receive the other two in the library. You can close the curtains and darken the room. Then you’ll deceive them, ’ear their plans and let us know.”
“But I’m risking my life.... If these fellows suspect, they’ll shoot me like a dog.”
“It’s true there’s a lot of risk; but Krantz says ’e’ll pay you ten thousand francs if you get the information ’e wants.”
“I’d rather not. I swore I’d never set foot in the Principality again.”
“Krantz says that, if ever ’e asked a favour of you, you promised you’d do it.”
“That’s true.... Well, tell Krantz ... I’ll do it.”
CHAPTER EIGHT
THE PLOT
“CHER COMERADE:
There is something which weighs on me and of which I have been trying to write to you since several days.