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It was well for me that I had been perfectly open and frank with Piper. Had I not been so, the disclosures made by the Times of Adelaide the following Friday would have completely destroyed all his faith in me, and in sheer disgust probably, and in spite of all risks, he would have turned his back upon me and given me up without pity to my enemies.
My foot was practically well and I was arranging to slip off that very evening, when Friday morning's issue of the Times exploded like a dreadful bomb among all my plans, and shattered every hope I had of getting successfully away.