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Aubrey Goes to the Movies, and Wishes he Knew More German |
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The footsteps came nearer, stumbling down the uneven cobbles in the darkness. He stood still against the back fence. To his amazement the men halted outside Mifflin's gate, and he heard the latch quietly lifted. "It's no use," said a voice--"the gate is locked. We must find some other way, my friend." Aubrey tingled to hear the rolling, throaty "r" in the last word. There was no mistaking--this was the voice of his "friend and wellwisher" over the telephone. The other said something in German in a hoarse whisper. Having studied that language in college, Aubrey caught only two words-- Thur and Schlussel, which he knew meant door and key. "Very well," said the first voice. "That will be all right, but we must act to-night. The damned thing must be finished to-morrow. Your idiotic stupidity--" Again followed some gargling in German, in a rapid undertone too fluent for Aubrey's grasp. The latch of the alley gate clicked once more, and his hand was on his revolver; but in a moment the two had passed on down the alley. |
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