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Like a wet sponge passed over a slate, all Dick's suspicions of Von Wrangel fell away. The mystery of the disguises and the sudden transformation to the brilliant polished man of the world were explained. Dick could smile at his own fears. It was flattering also to feel that he had made a friend of a man of such wide attainments. Von Wrangel read him like an open book.
-"Now you will not mistrust me any longer," he said. "For the present I am a refugee, but the time is coming when I can take my place again. Deliberately I sacrificed my position to save a worthless rascal for the sake of his wife and family. But apart from that the fact remains that I am Von Wrangel, the greatest eye operator in the world."