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Excerpt from The Black Book: Being the Full Account of How the Book of the Betrayers Came Into the Hands of Yorke Norroy, Secret Agent of the Department of State
The guard patrolling his little section of sidewalk on either side Of the gate was not such a person. Con sequently he was surprised when he saw the badge, Whose silver plating flashed momentarily in the last rays Of sunlight. This badge was Shown in lieu Of a pass. There was no war for America as yet, but the navy yard harbored secrets as well as warships - sometimes the two in combination. One might not pass within unless vouched for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
