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He could not have failed to anticipate--and events have proved that hedid not fail to anticipate--the waylayings to which he was subjected. He must have foreseen, I reflected, the secret investigations of hispremises. His frequent absences from home at night, which were hailedby the Prefect as certain aids to his success, I regarded only as_ruses_, to afford opportunity for thorough search to the police, andthus the sooner to impress them with the conviction to which G----, infact, did finally ...arrive--the conviction that the letter was not uponthe premises. I felt, also, that the whole train of thought, whichI was at some pains in detailing to you just now, concerning theinvariable principle of political action in searches for articlesconcealed--I felt that this whole train of thought would necessarilypass through the mind of the Minister. It would imperatively lead himto despise all the ordinary _nooks_ of concealment. _He_ could not, Ireflected, be so weak as not to see that the most intricate and remoterecess of his hotel would be as open as his commonest closets to theeyes, to the probes, to the gimlets, and to the microscopes of thePrefect.
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