Re-enter Dr Fu Manchu

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“Here is The Times advertisement: ‘Wanted, young man, American unattached. University graduate preferred, athletic and of good appearance. Work highly confidential. Business experience unnecessary. Must be prepared to travel. Apply Box, etc.’ And here, Mr. Merrick”—Peter Wellingham looked down at a typed letter—”is your reply.”

Brian nodded. “I imagine you had quite a big mail.”

“You may be surprised to learn”—Wellingham lay back in his chair and pressed his finger-tips together—”that applicants were quite few.”

“I’m certainly surprised.”

“I refer, particularly, to suitable applicants. You, I may say, were quite easily the most promising. I need not tell you that I am acting for a third party. Now—let’s see . . . You are a United States citizen, the son of Senator Merrick. You hold an American degree and have recently also graduated at Oxford. Your record in sports is good. Your degrees, if not outstanding, are respectable.”

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