Possible Clues:

• Begged
• The bogus criminal begged
• Begged branch, after opening, to cut premium
• Bebe should have been the one to have done the pleading
• Begged to have existence as escaped prisoner
• Asked to get subjected to search
• Begged suborned opponents to come in
• Prayed, as Sir Percy Blakeney was said to?
• Imp lore of the past should come to an end
• Begged, pleaded with