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What inspired the protagonist to try the name 'Julia Czechenyi' on Scudder's cypher?
How did the name 'Julia' help the protagonist with the cypher?
What information did 'Czechenyi' provide the protagonist with for the cypher?
What was the innkeeper's reaction upon seeing two men looking for the protagonist?
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How did the innkeeper describe the two men looking for the protagonist?
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What transportation method did the two men arriving at the inn use?
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What was significant about the protagonist's reaction after reading Scudder's pages?
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What did the innkeeper tell the men looking for the protagonist about his whereabouts?
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What kind of hats were the two men wearing when they arrived at the inn?
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What was one of the men doing when they arrived at the inn?
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Study Notes
The Journey Begins
- The narrator starts his journey in a 40 h.p. car, driving away from the inn on a crisp May morning
- He is preoccupied with the contents of Scudder's pocket-book, which reveals a different story than what Scudder had told him
Scudder's Story Unravels
- Scudder's stories about the Balkans, Jew-Anarchists, and the Foreign Office Conference are lies
- However, the narrator believes the new story in the pocket-book, despite being let down earlier
- The story seems desperately true, and the first yarn had a truth to it in spirit
Constantine Karolides
- Karolides is a man who has wrecked games and is the one big brain in the show
- He is honest and has been marked down for the past 12 months
- Scudder found out how Karolides was going to be gotten, and that knowledge was deadly
The Plot to Get Karolides
- Karolides is coming to the city on the 15th day of June for an International tea-party
- Scudder's friends plan to get him on that day, and Karolides will not return to his country if they succeed
- Scudder's goal is to warn Karolides and keep him at home
The Cipher
- Scudder gives the narrator a cipher to decode, using the name Julia Czechenyi as the key
- The cipher is cracked, and the narrator reads Scudder's pages with a whitish face and drumming fingers
The Pursuers Arrive
- Two men in aquascutums and tweed caps arrive at the inn, looking for the narrator
- They are described as a dark-eyed thin fellow with bushy eyebrows and a smiling man who lisps
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Test your knowledge on Chapter Four of 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' by answering questions related to the events, characters, and themes in this part of the story.
