Akaba later asked Da for more land, which Da gave grudgingly, planning to kill Akaba by ruse.

In chapter 21 of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, for example, Poirot talks about a mentally disabled nephew: this proves to be a ruse so that he can find out about homes for the mentally unfit, and in Dumb Witness, Poirot tells of an elderly invalid mother as a pretence to investigate the local nurses.

With the ruse thus revealed, the main characters run for their lives, resulting in a madcap chase across the stage with both Miles and Senex pursuing all three " Philia " s ( Domina, Hysterium, and the actual Philia — all wearing identical white robes and veils ).

None of Nelson's captains fell for the ruse and the British fleet continued undeterred.

When his enemies do not fall for this ruse, he persuades them to drink with him instead.

But Saul sees through the ruse and castigates Jonathan for being David's protector ; clearly, Saul wants David slain.

Washington and Rochambeau, in the meantime, had crossed the Hudson on 24 August, leaving some troops behind as a ruse to delay any potential move on the part of General Clinton to mobilize assistance for Cornwallis.

Further highlights of this period included Tom, Dick, and Harry, a 1941 comedy in which she dreams of marrying three different men ; I'll Be Seeing You, with Joseph Cotten ; La Cava's 5th Avenue Girl ( 1939 ), where she played an out-of-work girl sucked into the lives of a wealthy family ; and especially the sharp and highly successful comedies: Bachelor Mother ( 1939 ), with David Niven, in which she played Polly Parrish, a shop girl who is falsely thought to have abandoned her baby ; and Billy Wilder's first Hollywood feature film: The Major and the Minor ( 1942 ), in which she played a woman who masquerades as a 12-year-old to get a cheap train ticket and finds herself obliged to continue the ruse for an extended period.

This gets Tura out of Gestapo headquarters, but now he cannot leave the country on the plane Ehrhardt had arranged for him, and it's only a matter of time before the actors ' ruse is discovered.

The news of Howard's death was published in the same issue of The Times that reported the " death " of Major William Martin, the red herring used for the ruse involved in Operation Mincemeat.

" This ruse was quickly subverted by the patrons of the festival as they voiced their support for the rapidly emerging " Folk Hero.

In 58 BC Orgetorix's ambitions were declared a ruse for personal power and this rumor was celebrated among the enemies of the Helvetii, especially those of Roman clientele.

It took Maclain three days to reach Inveraray, partly due to winter weather, partly due to his being detained for a day at Barcaldine Castle by the 1st company of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot, at the command of Captain Drummond, as a ruse to delay him.

In a desperate attempt to survive being cut in two by a circular saw, Bond offers to work for Goldfinger, a ruse that Goldfinger initially refuses, but then accepts.

However the ruse failed: Marek lost his seat in Wrexham and Forward Wales failed to qualify for any top-up seats.

Lamarr ’ s marriage to Mandl became for her insupportable and she devised a ruse to separate herself from both the marriage and the country.

However the ruse failed: Marek lost his seat in Wrexham and Forward Wales failed to qualify for any top-up seats.

Toranaga has Blackthorne thrown in prison for piracy, as a ruse to keep him from Ishido.

Quark became Grand Nagus for a brief period when it appeared that Zek had died ; however, Zek's death turned out to be a ruse and Quark was promptly deposed.

The cars are outfitted as Saddam's entourage, in a ruse to scare away the bunker's defenders, pretending that an enraged Saddam is coming to kill them for losing the gold.

" No one, however, falls for the transparent ruse.

It would be closing time, and Mr Glum would start telling the week's story to the barman as a ruse for obtaining another pint of beer ( or two ).

Nancy tackles this by dressing more maturely ( the first time she implements an appearance-change to sleuth ) and going door-to-door for charity as a ruse to meet the suspects.

Yudhisthira fell for the ruse and bet Draupadi, losing her too.

Dance continued his ruse, pursuing Linois for two hours until the body of the convoy was safe.

In the evening of 10 March 1904, the Japanese attempted a ruse by sending four destroyers close to the harbor.

* An effort by the Japanese Navy to lure the Russian fleet out of its harbor during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 was described by The New York Times as " a clever ruse of war to entice the Russian ships out of Port Arthur ".

The ruse worked: Hipper temporarily retired, since Kummetz had been ordered not to risk his ships.

Combined with carefully placed misinformation to those manning the shipyard, the ruse worked, and not a single Confederate soldier was lost as the Union authorities quickly set fire to the yard and ships and abandoned the area, retreating to Fort Monroe across Hampton Roads.

In the north, Stephen came to a fresh agreement with Ranulf of Chester, but then in 1146 repeated the ruse he had played on Geoffrey de Mandeville in 1143, first inviting Ranulf to court, before arresting him and threatening to execute him unless he handed over a number of castles, including Lincoln and Coventry.

However, since even the bishops opposed to opening of the council were now present, Cyril maneuvered Candidian by means of a ruse to read out the text of the Emperor's decree of convocation, which the assembly then acclaimed as recognition of its own legality.

The port gunners were not deceived by the ruse, and waited until the English fleet was within range, and then simultaneously opened fire.

A headhunting raid would often strike at workers in the fields, or employ the ruse of setting a dwelling alight and then decapitating the inhabitants as they fled the burning structure.

In the north, Stephen came to a fresh agreement with Ranulf of Chester, but then in 1146 repeated the ruse he had played on Geoffrey de Mandeville in 1143, first inviting Ranulf to court, before arresting him and threatening to execute him unless he handed over a number of castles, including Lincoln and Coventry.

Jerry uses a ruse to get her out of the office, and then attaches cables from the CIA vehicle following her to a vendor's cart.

The Confederate forces did in fact take over the shipyard, and did so without armed conflict through an elaborate ruse orchestrated by civilian railroad builder William Mahone ( then President of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad and soon to become a famous Confederate officer ).

Through a negotiation ruse, the Dutch again captured Syarif and exiled him, first to Cianjur in West Java, then to Ambon, and later to Manado in Sulawesi.

A headhunting raid would often strike at workers in the fields or employ the ruse of setting a dwelling alight and then decapitating the inhabitants as they fled the burning structure.

At the time, many Japanese politicians, including Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, were shocked by the Anglo-German naval agreement, but the leaders of the military clique then in control in Tokyo concluded ( correctly ) that it was a ruse designed to buy the Nazis time to match the British navy.

Sambhaji then attempted a ruse, sending a party of his people to the Siddis, claiming to be defectors.

Fabius saw through the ruse and brought his army up in quadrangular formation before the " hiding place " of the Samnites, who then came down to fight a conventional battle, line-to-line.

The Dr. that delivered Valene's twins and then helped with the ruse that they had died.

They then visited the Ngāi Tahu people of Akaroa under the ruse of trading for flax.

Daniel then uncovers the ruse ( by scattering ashes over the floor of the temple in the presence of the king after the priests have left ) and shows that the " sacred " meal of Bel is actually consumed at night by the priests and their wives and children, who entered through a secret door when the temple's doors were sealed.

Using a ruse he and Corll had prepared, Henley cuffed his own hands behind his back, freed himself with a key hidden in his back pocket, then duped the youth into donning the handcuffs before leaving him alone with Corll, believing he was to be sold into the sexual slavery ring.

An Avengers Annual eventually reveals that this was a ruse perpetrated by the Grandmaster as he is able to steal Death's powers and then via another deception forces the entity to banish all Elders from her realm, effectively making them immortal.

By then it is too late, and Joy agrees to keep up the ruse of being a " real " teacher for the time being.

Adam Strange then reveals that he has been completely sane during their entire incarceration — using a device to broadcast deranged brainwaves and give the impression that he was mad — and that the restoration effort has been a ruse to ward off an En ' Taran invasion.

Now convinced that the strangers can be trusted, they are then told that the raid was only a ruse to test their loyalty.

These men would then pass through the gates guarded by the replacement guards in those three and a half minutes, before the real German guards returned to the guard house-and the real Rothenberger-and discovered the ruse.

Holly then goes to the meeting place and admits the whole ruse to Jean, who seemed to take it badly.

This is because her paralysis was a ruse, in order to appear weak and avoid being a suspect in the Hangman murders ( interestingly in issue # 8, " Battle ", the Joker deduces this, but is ambushed by Alberto and then Batman before he can truly test his theory ).