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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV The Great Siberian Railway Jack had rage in his heart as he walked back to the city. He was angry and indignant, but even more alarmed. The general had told him little: was that little the truth? What did he mean by deported? If Mr. Brown had really been put across the frontier, why should the general have refused to say by what route he had travelled? Jack feared that there had been foul play, and his anxiety was none the less because he could not imagine what form the foul play had taken. His own position was awkward. He was homeless; in a few hours he was to be packed like a bundle of goods into a train and carried away against his will. His father might have preceded him to Europe; on the other hand, he might not. Was he to leave Moukden thus, in uncertainty as to his father's fate? Thus perplexed and troubled in mind, he walked back to his house. At the door he found Monsieur Brin in a state of desperation at his inability to make head or tail of the compradore's pidgin English. Ha, my friend he exclaimed, I am glad to see you; I must know the worst; I come in haste, but the Chinese man speaks a language of monkeys; I understand it not. Tell me what is arrived. I have seen General Bekovitch, replied Jack. He told me almost nothing. My father has been deported? for betraying secrets to the Japanese, if you please Did you ever hear of anything so ridiculous, so preposterous But that is all right. O.K. Deported Mr. Brown Duty and Inclination is the happy man. It would please me to be deported also. He goes back to Europe: that I could accompany him But that is the point. Has he gone back to Europe? The general would not tell me. And he is packing me off too I have to leave by to-night's train for Harbin, or he will ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217182645 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021718264X |
| Weight | 0.85 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.59 In |
| List Price | $20.21 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 260 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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