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"That indicates that this may be genuine," decided Marsden, and Hornblower was puzzled momentarily until he realized that Marsden meant that there had been no ruse-de-guerre and that the papers had not been deliberately 'planted' on him.
Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967
chained_bear commented on the word ruse-de-guerre
"RUSE-DE-GUERRE, fr. a stratagem of war."
October 9, 2008