The Price He Paid — page 232: what you’re looking at

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A VACATION IN THE CAPITAL. 223 throughout the interview, and Raven endeavored to preserve the same appearance of indifference as he replied: “That is, at present, merely an assumption of yours, which will require confirmation. You can- not take any steps against this stranger on such evidence.” “We have the confirmation already,” said the superintendent. “When arrested, Dr. Brunnow ad- mitted his name.” “When arrested!” exclaimed the baron. “You have proceeded to arrest him without informing me of the matter—without giving me the slightest in- timation?” The police officer stared at him in well-feigned astonishment. “Your excellency, I really do not understand. So far as 1 am aware, such measures are entirely within my competence. Had I known that you de- sired to be previously informed, I should, of course, have seen that a communication was made to you.” Raven clenched his right hand, crushing the glove he held in it. “ And I should certainly have dissuaded you from taking such astep. Have you thought of the ex- citement this arrest will produce, and of its inevit- able consequences? Precisely now, when the government is bent on adopting conciliatory measures, on creating a diversion, when every- thing depends on its being popular, and the minis- ters are shaping their course with scrupulous care, in order to avoid a conflict—this is not the time to drag before the public old, half-forgotten reminis- cences of the rebellion.” The superintendent shrugged his shoulders. “T have done my duty, nothing more. Dr. Brun- now was sentenced toa long term of imprisonment ; this punishment he evaded by taking flight. He knew that ou his return he would become amen- able to the law. He came notwithstanding this, and he must take the consequences.” “T should have thought you had held your position long enough to know that the letter of the law EoOmichboo gs) (E(0)