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... dark chamber at the ex- treme top of the building . The colonel knocked , entered , and stood at atten- tion . Nervous and confused , I followed , painfully conscious that at that mo- ment I could not have expressed a sane opinion on ...
... dark chamber at the ex- treme top of the building . The colonel knocked , entered , and stood at atten- tion . Nervous and confused , I followed , painfully conscious that at that mo- ment I could not have expressed a sane opinion on ...
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... hoped to pick up upon arri- val in Petrograd . Melnikoff was slim , dark , short , and muscular , with stubbly hair and blue eyes . He was deeply religious , and was imbued with an intense hatred of the Bolsheviki — not THE SECRET DOOR 5.
... hoped to pick up upon arri- val in Petrograd . Melnikoff was slim , dark , short , and muscular , with stubbly hair and blue eyes . He was deeply religious , and was imbued with an intense hatred of the Bolsheviki — not THE SECRET DOOR 5.
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... dark color , and a muffler was tied closely round his neck . He looked a perfect apache as he stowed away a big Colt revolver inside his trousers . ' Good - bye , ' he said simply , extending his hand ; then stopped and added , ' let us ...
... dark color , and a muffler was tied closely round his neck . He looked a perfect apache as he stowed away a big Colt revolver inside his trousers . ' Good - bye , ' he said simply , extending his hand ; then stopped and added , ' let us ...
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... dark night , with no moon . It was still half a mile to the frontier . I made my way along the rails in the direction of Russia , and down to the wooden bridge over the lit- tle frontier river Sestro . Great hostility still existed ...
... dark night , with no moon . It was still half a mile to the frontier . I made my way along the rails in the direction of Russia , and down to the wooden bridge over the lit- tle frontier river Sestro . Great hostility still existed ...
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... dark . Nature was still as death . We issued silently from the house , the cadaverous man leading . One of the men followed behind , and all carried their rifles ready for use . We walked stealthily along the road the Finn had pointed ...
... dark . Nature was still as death . We issued silently from the house , the cadaverous man leading . One of the men followed behind , and all carried their rifles ready for use . We walked stealthily along the road the Finn had pointed ...
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