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Title: The Double Traitor
Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
Release Date: December 25, 2003 [eBook #10534]
Language: English
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THE DOUBLE TRAITOR
BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
CHAPTER I
The woman leaned across the table towards her companion.
"My friend," she said, "when we first met--I am ashamed, considering that I dine alone with you to-night, to reflect how short a time ago--you spoke of your removal here from Paris very much as though it were a veritable exile. I told you then that there might be surprises in store for you. This restaurant, for instance! We both know our Paris, yet do we lack anything here which you find at the Ritz or Giro's?"
The young man looked around him appraisingly. The two were dining at one of the newest and most fashionable restaurants in Berlin. The room itself, although a little sombre by reason of its oak panelling, was relieved from absolute gloom by the lightness and elegance of i