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Rh 7. Hence the use of spies, of whom there are five classes: (1) Local spies; (2) inward spies; (3) converted spies; (4) doomed spies; (5) surviving spies.
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8. When these five kinds of spy are all at work, none can discover the secret system. This is called “divine manipulation of the threads.” It is the sovereign’s most precious faculty.

This is called

“divine manipulation of the threads.”

It is the sovereign’s most precious faculty.

9. Having local spies

means employing the services of the inhabitants of a district.