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The
Government
,
officially
and
personally
,
is
loathe
to
believe
,
"
concluded
Colonel
Falcon
,
with
a
smile
,
"
that
our
late
President
's
tastes
would
have
permitted
him
to
abandon
on
the
route
,
as
excess
baggage
,
either
of
the
desirable
articles
with
which
his
flight
was
burdened
.
"
"
I
suppose
you
would
like
to
hear
what
I
have
to
say
about
the
affair
,
"
said
Goodwin
,
coming
directly
to
the
point
.
"
It
will
not
require
many
words
.
"
On
that
night
,
with
others
of
our
friends
here
,
I
was
keeping
a
lookout
for
the
president
,
having
been
notified
of
his
flight
by
a
telegram
in
our
national
cipher
from
Englehart
,
one
of
our
leaders
in
the
capital
.
About
ten
o'clock
that
night
I
saw
a
man
and
a
woman
hurrying
along
the
streets
.
They
went
to
the
Hotel
de
los
Estranjeros
,
and
engaged
rooms
.
I
followed
them
upstairs
,
leaving
Estebán
,
who
had
come
up
,
to
watch
outside
.
The
barber
had
told
me
that
he
had
shaved
the
beard
from
the
president
's
face
that
night
;
therefore
I
was
prepared
,
when
I
entered
the
rooms
,
to
find
him
with
a
smooth
face
.
When
I
apprehended
him
in
the
name
of
the
people
he
drew
a
pistol
and
shot
himself
instantly
.
In
a
few
minutes
many
officers
and
citizens
were
on
the
spot
.
I
suppose
you
have
been
informed
of
the
subsequent
facts
.
"
Goodwin
paused
.
Losada
's
agent
maintained
an
attitude
of
waiting
,
as
if
he
expected
a
continuance
.
"
And
now
,
"
went
on
the
American
,
looking
steadily
into
the
eyes
of
the
other
man
,
and
giving
each
word
a
deliberate
emphasis
,
"
you
will
oblige
me
by
attending
carefully
to
what
I
have
to
add
.
I
saw
no
valise
or
receptacle
of
any
kind
,
or
any
money
belonging
to
the
Republic
of
Anchuria
.
If
President
Miraflores
decamped
with
any
funds
belonging
to
the
treasury
of
this
country
,
or
to
himself
,
or
to
anyone
else
,
I
saw
no
trace
of
it
in
the
house
or
elsewhere
,
at
that
time
or
at
any
other
.
Does
that
statement
cover
the
ground
of
the
inquiry
you
wished
to
make
of
me
?
"
Colonel
Falcon
bowed
,
and
described
a
fluent
curve
with
his
cigar
.
His
duty
was
performed
.
Goodwin
was
not
to
be
disputed
.
He
was
a
loyal
supporter
of
the
government
,
and
enjoyed
the
full
confidence
of
the
new
president
.
His
rectitude
had
been
the
capital
that
had
brought
him
fortune
in
Anchuria
,
just
as
it
had
formed
the
lucrative
"
graft
"
of
Mellinger
,
the
secretary
of
Miraflores
.
"
I
thank
you
,
Señor
Goodwin
,
"
said
Falcon
,
"
for
speaking
plainly
.
Your
word
will
be
sufficient
for
the
president
.
But
,
Señor
Goodwin
,
I
am
instructed
to
pursue
every
clue
that
presents
itself
in
this
matter
.
There
is
one
that
I
have
not
yet
touched
upon
.
Our
friends
in
France
,
señor
,
have
a
saying
,
'
Cherchez
la
femme
,
'
when
there
is
a
mystery
without
a
clue
.
But
here
we
do
not
have
to
search
.
The
woman
who
accompanied
the
late
President
in
his
flight
must
surely
--
"
"
I
must
interrupt
you
there
,
"
interposed
Goodwin
.
"
It
is
true
that
when
I
entered
the
hotel
for
the
purpose
of
intercepting
President
Miraflores
I
found
a
lady
there
.
I
must
beg
of
you
to
remember
that
that
lady
is
now
my
wife
.
I
speak
for
her
as
I
do
for
myself
.
She
knows
nothing
of
the
fate
of
the
valise
or
of
the
money
that
you
are
seeking
.
You
will
say
to
his
excellency
that
I
guarantee
her
innocence
.
I
do
not
need
to
add
to
you
,
Colonel
Falcon
,
that
I
do
not
care
to
have
her
questioned
or
disturbed
.
"
