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Felix's plan was cunning and sinister. He hired a group of individuals to pose as beggars, dressing them in ragged clothes that seemed as if they hadn’t been washed for ages, with dirt smudged across their faces to heighten the illusion of despair. Some performers feigned illness, groaning and coughing pathetically, while others, often women with fake babies cradled in their arms, sat on street corners soliciting help.