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The mixed population of Constantinople in these busy, stirring times was ripe for any great surprise. It was much moved and excited by a startling bit of news that spread very rapidly next day.
An atrocious murder had been committed on the Stamboul side, near the Bridge of Boats.
Certainly, murders were not unknown in this hive of complex lif