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If
Rambaud and his chief, Winkelried, could make a king of Francis, the
brokerage--the commission--would be something handsome; and Winkelried
and Rambaud are clever men."
"I know of Winkelried. The continental press has given much space to him
of late; but Rambaud is a new name."
"He is a skilled hand. He is the most daring scoundrel in Europe."
Count von Stroebel poured a glass of brandy from a silver flask and
sipped it slowly.
"I will show you the gentleman's pleasant countenance," said the
minister, and he threw open a leather portfolio and drew from it a small
photograph which he extended to Armitage, who glanced at it carelessly
and then with sudden interest.
"Rambaud!" he exclaimed.
"That's his name in Vienna. In Paris he is something else. I will furnish
you a list of his _noms de guerre_."
"Thank you. I should like all the information you care to give me; but it
may amuse you to know that I have seen the gentleman before."
"That is possible," remarked the old man, who never evinced surprise in
any circumstances.
"I expect to see him here within a few days.


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