Wolf Spider HWSM 04 018

2024-11-21T00:00:00Z

Wolf Spider "Many rumours were spread about him and found credence which has persisted to this day. He never bothered to deny any of them or waste his time fighting slander or libel. This attitude remained with him all his life, partly because he thought it was somehow beneath him to do so and partly because it was futile and would only give them publicity... He was a mysterious figure, always on the move, connected with a disconcerting variety of affairs and having an inexplicably diversified array of important friends. To what mafia, what secret service did he belong? What mysterious interests were behind him? Who was he really working for? Such dark suppositions appealed to many minds. At one time or another he was accused of working for every conspiracy recorded by popular legends" (p. 77). Retinger, Joseph. Memoirs of an Eminence Grise . John Pomian (ed.), Sussex University Press, 1972. https://archive.org/details/MemoirsOfAnEminenceGrise1972/page/n5/mode/2up See also: https://archive.org/details/pipeweed-hwsm-04-026