Codeword Golden Fleece
“‘It is nothing of the kind,’ snapped Mack. ‘It is an elementary precaution.’ ‘Against what?’ ‘Against you or your friends prejudicing the safety of the State.’ ‘Indeed!’ De Richleau’s eyebrows lifted. ‘I had always believed that Poland was a properly constituted democracy in which it was illegal for army officers arbitrarily to arrest law-abiding citizens.’ Mack’s sallow face paled a little. ‘That is true; but you must know perfectly well that my authority far exceeds that of any ordinary army ...officer.’ The Duke had realised within a minute of entering the room that the game was up, and that nothing he could say would persuade or intimidate Mack into letting the Eatons go; but the best policy to allay suspicion was obviously to continue the pretence that he had no idea what lay behind the General’s apparently strange behaviour. Accordingly, he now burst out in well-simulated anger: ‘A general naturally has more authority than a lieutenant, but that still does not entitle him to override the civil law.MoreLess
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