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Konrad Karl was not a Greek, and his country did not produce wine which any one except a Megalian could drink. His value to Gorman lay in the fact that there was not another limited liability company in all England which had a King on its Board of Directors. One of the least objectionable of the wines which Gorman's company sold was put on the market as Vino Regalis.
"I do not discuss the policy of the Emperor," he said. "You must be the only man in Europe who doesn't," said Gorman. "However, I don't mind. I suppose the Emperor must have some pretty strong reasons for wanting to get Donovan out of Salissa, or he wouldn't offer to pay a fancy price it was a fancy price, you know." "King Konrad Karl will pay," said Steinwitz. "No, he won't. He can't.
If this time is lengthened, how is it to be borne? This terrible suspense!" "It can be a time of hope," said the judge. "But how long will it last?" asked Konrad. The judge shrugged his shoulders. "It may last three weeks, but it might last double that time." Konrad asked confidingly: "Do you think, sir, that a man can hold out? with the terror of death lasting for weeks?"
With a pretence of the love he felt no longer, Bothwell bade Anna farewell, and left her to doubts which, as the months went on and his promise to return was not fulfilled, gradually rose to despair. During the decline of a spring evening, as Anna wandered dejectedly on the battlements, Konrad stood before her for the first time since her arrival at Noltland. "Konrad," she faltered, "thou here!"
"In the register of Lloyd's," said the King, "he takes place in the class A 1st." "But," said Gorman, "he hasn't much sense if he thinks that a girl like Miss Donovan can be married off in that way to any one he chooses to name. I'm not saying anything against your character, sir " "My Konrad," said Madame Ypsilante, "is Konrad." "Exactly," said Gorman.
She felt agitated, she knew not why; she looked at the man's face, but it was concealed. It was Konrad. He had fallen over a cliff, had been carried out to sea on a plank, had been picked up by a ship which had carried him to Shetland, and had taken service with the castellan of Noltland.
But let us give him his true name Prince Konrad, the last of the Walmodens, a cashiered gamester." Only Fitzgerald showed any surprise. Maurice once saw that the others were in the secret. They knew the Colonel. Did they know why he was in Bleiberg? Let them find it out for themselves. He would not lift a finger to aid them. He leaned back and yawned.
It failed in the end because the wine was so bad that nobody could drink it. It was Gorman who negotiated the sale of the Island of Salissa to a wealthy American. Madame Ypsilante got her famous pearl necklace out of the price of the island. It was partly because the necklace was very expensive that King Konrad Karl found himself short of money again within a year of the sale of the island.
Would he himself, Michael Gorman, M.P. for Upper Offaly, incur some awful penalty if he did not persuade Donovan to sell, if he did his best he certainly meant to do his best to prevent a marriage between Miss Donovan and King Konrad Karl? He chuckled with delight at the prospect and was more than ever glad that he had promised to go to Salissa. The voyage turned out to be a very agreeable one.
Bishop Pilgrin has the story written out in Latin letters, that men should deem it true. A writer, Master Konrad, then began to set it down in writing; since then it has been often set to verse in Teuton tongues; old and young know well the tale. Of their joy and of their sorrow I now say to you no more; this lay is called Ein Klage. Walthar of Aquitaine
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