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"Ah! " exclaimed the Under-Secretary with affected nonchalance, "I merely asked out of curiosity. I have no intention whatever of paying such a sum."
"For the amount I have named we will guarantee to place you ashore in Greece, or in any other of the few countries that remain open to fugitives from justice."