"
"Only a suspicion," Mr. Grimm corrected.
"Then came the abduction of Monsieur Boissegur, the French ambassador. I
plunged into that case as I did in the other because I was afraid of you
and had to know just how much you knew. It was explained to you as an
attempt at extortion with details which I carefully supplied. As a
matter of fact, Monsieur Boissegur opposed our plans, even endangered
them; and it was not advisable to have him recalled or even permit him
to resign at the moment. So we abducted him, intending to hold him
until direct orders could reach him from Paris. Understand, please, that
all these things were made possible by the aid and cooperation of
dozens, scores, of agents who were under my orders; every person who
appeared in that abduction was working at my direction. The ambassador's
unexpected escape disarranged our plans; but he was taken out of the
embassy by force the second time under your very eyes. The darkness
which made this possible was due to the fact that while you were looking
for the switch, and I was apparently aiding, I was holding my hand over
it all the time to keep you from turning on the light.
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