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In fact, you will be the very person best qualified to tell her of his departure, and in due time, of his fictitious death!" They were walking slowly under the heavy shadow of crossed ilex boughs, and Von Glauben came to a dead halt.
"I have not tested it, Sir," replied the equerry, "But I imagine that whatever Professor von Glauben asserts must be true!" The young man glanced quickly from one to the other, and then with a careless air turned over the pages of the book he held. "In the earlier ages of the world," he said, "men and women, I think, must have been happier than they are now, if this book may be believed.
The King held many private conferences with her on the matter, in which sometimes Professor von Glauben was permitted to share; and the upshot of these numerous discussions resulted in a scheme which was as astonishing in its climax as it was unexpected.
"But I sometimes fear one man !" "Sergius Thord?" suggested Von Glauben; "To speak honestly, so do I! But I watch him I watch him closely! He loves Lotys, as a tiger loves its mate, and if he should ever suspect !" "Hush!" said Roger quickly; "Do not speak of it! I assure you I am always on guard!" "Good! So am I! But Thord is too busy just now climbing the hill to look either backward or aside.
"He was walking slowly all alone on the shore," went on the voice, dropping into a more plaintive and tender tone; "The sun had sunk, and one little star was sparkling in the sky. He looked up at the star and " "Then he saw a woman's eye," interpolated Von Glauben; "Which is always more attractive to weak man than an impossible-to-visit planet! What does Shakespeare say of women's eyes?
Suddenly a loud knocking at the door startled them; and as Ronsard rose from his chair, amazed at the noise and Von Glauben did the same with more alacrity, a man with wind blown hair and excited gestures burst into the little room. "Ronsard!" he cried; "The King the King!" He paused, gasping for breath. Ronsard looked at him wonderingly.
Max Graub, or, to give him his right name, Heinrich von Glauben, has a high reputation in this country for his learning, apart from his position as Household Physician to our Court; Axel Regor is my very good friend Sir Roger de Launay, who is amiable enough to support the monotony of his duty as one of my equerries in waiting. Now you know us as we are!
He gave me no hint as to whether he knew of your intention to sail to The Islands this afternoon or not; he was reading, and with some slight discussion on the subject of the book he was interested in, he and the Professor strolled away together." "But where is Von Glauben?" pursued the King; "I sent for him likewise, but he was absent."
"Ah, mon cher, Sir Charles, ravi de vous voir. But why are you not dancing?" "Ah, mi ladi, Je ne puis pas, c'est a dire, Ich kann es nicht; I am too old; Ich bin " "Oh, you horrid man; I understand you perfectly. You hate ladies, that is the real reason. You do you know you do." "Ah, my ladi, Gnaedige frau; glauben sie mir; I do loave de ladies; I do adore de sex.
"It is rather a new experience for me," continued the Prince, "to be treated as a kind of petitioner on the King's favour, and kept in attendance, but no matter! novelty is always pleasing! I have been cooling my heels here for more than an hour. Von Glauben, too, has been waiting; contrary to custom, he has not even been permitted to enquire after his Majesty's health this morning!"
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