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CONCERNS THE SECRET
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'Yes, dear,' was my well-beloved's reply. 'At all hazards, no spy of Germany must be allowed to wrest this secret from us.'
'But they are clever—devilishly cunning and entirely unscrupulous. The Invisible Hand, well provided with money, lurks everywhere, ready to grasp what it can in the interest of our octopus enemies,' I declared warningly. 'Therefore let us be ever on the alert—ever watchful and mindful, in order to avert the relentless talons with which this unknown and Invisible Hand is furnished.'
