VMs: Cipher in "The Gadfly"

[ajb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

By the way, just out of background interest - here is a
reference to cipher in "The Gadfly" by ELV.

"The next morning Riccardo, looking very pale and tired, came into
Gemma's little study. She was sitting at the table, reading out
monotonous strings of figures to Martini, who, with a magnifying
glass in one hand, and a finely pointed pencil in the other, was
making tiny marks in the pages of a book. She made with one
hand a gesture requesting silence. Riccardo, knowing that a person
who is writing in cipher must not be interrupted, sat down on the
sofa behind her and yawned like a man who can hardly keep awake.
'2, 4; 3, 7; 6, 1; 3, 5; 4, 1;' Gemma's voice went on with
machine-like evenness. '8, 4; 7, 2; 5, 1; that finishes the sequence,
Cesare.' She stuck a pin in the paper to mark the exact place,
and turned around." [early Chapter VII. p169, first edition,
fifth impression, 1899]

Regards

Anthony

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