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Chapter 73

           Iwouldhavedearlylovedtohaveknownhowtotwistitandsendhimwhamstraightovermyshoulder.ThelastIsawofhimwasofadarkbluebackmarchingtowardsShaftesburyAvenue;eternallythevictorinawarwheretheloserswin.YearslaterIdiscoveredthathehadbeenactingthatday,thoughnotinthewaythatIfeared.Hisnamecaughtmyeyeinanewspaper.HehadbeenarrestedinTorquayonchargesofissuingchecksunderfalsepretenses.He’dbeendoingitalloverEngland,usingthepersonaofCaptainAlexanderMitford,D.S.O…M.C.Infact,saidprosecutingcounsel,althoughtheaccusedwenttoGreeceintheoccupyingforcesaftertheGermancollapse,heplayednopartwhateverintheResistance.Latertherewasanotherbit:SometimeafterdemobilizationMitfordreturnedtoGreece,whereheobtainedateachingpostbyforgingfalsereferences.Hewassubsequentlydismissedfromthispost.LatethatafternoonIdialedtheMuchHadhamnumber.Itrangalongtimebutthensomeoneanswered.IheardLilydeSeitas’svoice.Shewasoutofbreath."Sorry.Iwasinthegarden.DinsfordHouse.""It’sme.NicholasUrfe.""Ohhello."Shesaiditwithabrightindifference."I’dliketoseeyouagain."Therewasasmallpause."Ihavenonews.""I’dstillliketoseeyou."Iknewshewassmiling,inthesilencethatfollowed.Shesaid,"When?"

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