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These amiable disclosures were so fully in keeping with Paul Ducharme 's reputation for candour and caution that I saw they made an excellent impression on my audience , and here the chairman intervened , putting an end to further cross-examination by saying they all had the utmost confidence in the judgment of Monsieur Paul Ducharme , and the Paris delegate might advise his friends to be on the lookout for the London representative within the next three or four days . I left the meeting and went directly to my room in Soho , without even taking the trouble to observe whether I was watched or not . There I stayed all night , and in the morning quitted Soho as Ducharme , with a gray beard and bowed shoulders , walked west to the Imperial Flats , took the lift to the top , and , seeing the corridor was clear , let myself in to my own flat . I departed from my flat promptly at six o'clock , again as Paul Ducharme , carrying this time a bundle done up in brown paper under my arm , and proceeded directly to my room in Soho . Later I took a bus , still carrying my brown paper parcel , and reached Liverpool Street in ample time for the Continental train . By a little private arrangement with the guard , I secured a compartment for myself , although up to the moment the train left the station , I could not be sure but that I might be compelled to take the trip to the Hook of Holland after all . If any one had insisted on coming into my compartment , I should have crossed the North Sea that night .