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It is the bride's privilege to set the date, so I will only say that it cannot be too soon for me." "The sooner the better," said Margaret, with a blush that would have been divine in any earthly light, "did you say 'today, Dick?" "I'll see the Karfedix as soon as he gets up," he answered, and walked with Dorothy to his door.
Seaton uttered a few heartfelt words in response and the party stepped backward toward the Skylark. As they reached the vessel the standing Karfedix and the ranks of kneeling nobles snapped into the double salute truly a rare demonstration in Kondal. "What'll we do now?" whispered Seaton. "Bow, of course," answered Dorothy. They bowed, deeply and slowly, and entered their vessel.
Let me caution you now; do not let any Mardonalian touch our hands with a wire, for if you do, your thoughts will be recorded and the secrets of the Skylark and your many other mysterious things, such as smoking, matches, and magic feats, will be secrets no longer." "Thanks for the information," responded Seaton, "but I want to correct your title for me. I'm no Karfedix merely a plain citizen."
They are the strongest, cleanest-living, and most vigorous men of this clean and vigorous nation, and are usually high army officers as well as ministers." An attendant announced the coming of the Karfedix and his son, to pay the call of state. After the ceremonious greetings had been exchanged, all went into the dining hall for darprat.
"I didn't know that you...." she broke off and continued with a rush: "What did the Kofedix mean just now, when he called you the Karfedix of Wealth?" "Well, you see, I happen to have some money...." he began. "Then you are the great M. Reynolds Crane?" she interrupted, in consternation. "Leave off 'the great," he said, then, noting her expression, he took her in his arms and laughed slightly.
"Having saved his life, you and your party should be honored guests of the most honored kind, and I venture to say that you would be so regarded in any other nation of the universe. But Nalboon, the Domak a title equivalent to your word 'Emperor' and our word 'Karfedix' of Mardonale, is utterly without either honor or conscience, as are all Mardonalians.
"I just let my father, the Karfedix, know that we are coming," he explained, as the vibrations ceased. From the city beneath them hundreds of great guns roared forth a welcome, banners and streamers hung from every possible point, and the air became tinted and perfumed with a bewildering variety of colors and scents and quivered with the rush of messages of welcome.
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