Chapter 10 - 10: The sweaty Prince of Prussia

"Mr. Hans, here is your prize. A total of five million marks. Taxes, of course, are to be settled from the prize according to Imperial law."

Karl von Jonarett, General Manager of the German Welfare Lottery Company, stood on a small platform in a Düsseldorf bank hall, smiling as brightly as the gas lamps overhead. In his hand was a large, freshly issued check.

After confirming the first-prize winner, Karl had rushed from Berlin to Düsseldorf overnight, the five-million-mark check locked in a reinforced case under guard. At the same time, he had notified the major newspapers.

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