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-"Now, if you or I were to find ourselves in such a position we should know what to do. We should talk very loudly of the mighty arm of Britannia, and threaten all sorts of personal reprisals. And the Governor would be gravely polite and full of regrets that he was unable to help us. And then in some way or other we should succeed in getting a message through to the Consulate. I don't know myself how one does such things, but I feel convinced that we should." John Chester smiled.
-"Quite so," I agreed laughing, "but I can hardly see myself languishing in a Bohemian jail--at least, before the war--without a pretty good effort to find out the reason."