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Matresser himself was, after the first few seconds of breathless greeting, bereft of words. He stood grasping her hands, listening.
"You should have accepted me as an ally, my friend," she said softly. "No matter. It is not too late. You would not take me to Paris so I went alone, or rather I went with my uncle, the uncle too of Johann who is here--the Baron von Stamier. It was well that we went, believe me. There was de la Motte, the French Colonial Secretary. Otto von Behrling seems to have done what he pleased with him. How he did it I cannot tell. They all believed in him until I got there. Then it was different."