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C Teer Ke’ had written either J 4 ae | within dictated limits or which Melind. Spey he knew would have to stand x * | scrutiny to see that he was giv- | But to ‘Melinda’ the Jetter |: ing nothing away. jmeant.two facts of overwhelm. | | | The paper was ordinary—it ‘ling importance. Firstly, it was « could have been bought any. ‘Proof that he’ was still alive i 1 where in England or on. the |,and disproof of the: theories Continent, But that was of ne [then being advanced that he : chatue PogPlG who had taken! /iSvents or killed accidental wy * arranged his flight and who | f.brawl And secondly it told had permitted Bim to. write’ |,het what in ef heart she was ~ this belated jast letter to the |/50,anxious to know —that he wife ‘he had deserted, were ‘' still loved her. certainly in a_ position to }, The letter, when it was re obtain whatever kind of letter- |; turned to her by M15, became Paper suited their purposes. |j0n€ of her most treasured pos- 1 ‘ sessions, to be carried con- MESH reposts ou tect ba tre a ‘ y ‘| At still reposed on that day two Moscow years later when she went of , . into the unknown to join the * Had it heen the feated j Mgn who hed written it - . Motepaper o e Foreign . Office, or the House of Com- |__| {World cop yetatt] ynons or of the Athenzum ; SSS y Club, it could stil have been | . Moscow, {ope pened ty ‘2 | TOMORROW: , ~om! jist ent in ris, 2 or Londe “What happens to the £2,000; Rome or iendan. js The only possible points of ! . . . signifi th fe the new “eee, me reterence . Melinda decides to holiday Nelads eoteos, PC Bet sett” inn France; MLS call again This meant that the letter | had been written after June 14 | , and he was aware that the y had been born and was : a a information which could be obtained from the announcements of births tr The Times and from the : columns of many other newse ~~ -- Papers. ‘The question of the money was interesting in its connec tion with the timing of the | letter. It implied a close liaison between agents in Switzerland q ; and London, although the letter were . - © ito only stated that the money had . + * ‘been sent. It did not neces- sarily imply that he knew it had’ been received — which would indeed have been an “Ottstending feat of espion=re.