(Jews are
always sworn covered.) About a month after my arrival in Berlin, I
was alone in the Chancery when a man arrived with a document for
legalisation. I was only twenty at the time, and felt rather
"bucked" at administering my first oath. I thought that I would
copy little Maude's methods, and after a good look at my visitor's
prominent features, I handed him the Pentateuch and requested him
to put on his hat. He was perfectly furious, and declared that
both he and his father had been pillars of the Lutheran Church all
their lives. I apologised profusely, but all the same I am
convinced that the original family seat had been situated in the
valley of the Jordan. I avoided, however, guesses as to religions
for the future.
Both at Berlin and at Petrograd I kept what are known as the
"Extraordinary Accounts" of the Embassies. I am therefore in a
position to give the exact amount spent on Secret Service, but I
have not the faintest intention of doing anything of the sort.
Suffice it to say that it is less than one-twentieth of the sum
the average person would imagine.
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