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A heavy fog smothers the London streets as the morning train to Dover prepares to leave Victoria Station. Inside the first‑class carriage, a refined gentleman with a full blond beard and his younger, clean‑shaven companion exchange terse warnings before stepping onto a world of intrigue. The news of a notorious thief—known to the press as Raffles—spreads across the platform, prompting the pair to slip away under the cover of mist, each concealing a different purpose.

As the train chugs toward the Channel, the two men adopt false identities: a crafted beard, a paraffin‑infused nose, and an American passport shield the master criminal from the dogged police force hunting him. Their journey continues aboard the modest steamer “Senegambia,” where the line between friend and accomplice blurs, and every glance from a dockside guard could unravel their carefully laid disguise. The opening act sets a tense, atmospheric chase that promises cunning deceptions and high‑stakes evasion.

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