The Mission of Poubalov — page 238: what you’re looking at

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234 POUBALOV SUCCEEDS, of your Uncle Charles’ estate, and Dexter walked him « of your sight as quickly as possible, lest troublesc questions should be asked. oe 4 ‘It all came down to this, at last, that with your : ig) ture to-day to a document that the executors of the e had prepared, and which you would have signed 1d i at your uncle’s request, the money would have | turned over. The document came in the first mail, b Dexter did not turn up, and Mr. Pembroke could not fi him. That was because, shortly after breakfast, I cai here and found the villain, at last, giving Strobel sufficie nourishment to keep him alive. I bound him to the ch but didn’t release Strobel at the moment, After a meni struggle that I will not describe, I had determined take him to you, Miss Hilman, and I was too proud permit my plans to be balked. Moreover, I believed yo uncle guilty, and I was determined that everybody w had been concerned in making you unhappy, shot suffer the most extreme tortures that I could inflict. had already bought and frightened Patterson. It — : through him that I discoverd this placee, a hotel Dex had seized for debt. After I had succeeded in elu your pursuit this morning, I attacked Mr. Pembro @. spent nearly the whole afternoon with him, and, to- brief, I got the story from him and drove him to f verge of insanity. He does not know yet what happen to Strobel, although he is aware that he is safe. ‘‘Having thus punished Mr. Pembroke, unjustly Iw admit, to some extent, I came here and took away Str He was very weak and suffering from the drug wh had frequently been administered to him with his food. am familiar with such matters, and I had in my room | antidote. By your attempted pursuit of me you had pi vented me from going there to get it, so I had to take St: bel with me to Bulfinch Place before restoring him to y¢ We had a little scene at the lodging-house——”’ Pouba paused here and glanced with a smile at Palovna, ‘Is it any wonder, Alexander Poubalev?” 6