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But mind you are only filling the post of my secretary until I can find something better for you to do." "The post will be a better one some day, Monsieur Robespierre. Ere long you will be the greatest man in France, and the post of secretary will be one which may well be envied." "Ah, I see you know how to flatter," Robespierre said with a smile, much gratified nevertheless with Harry's words.
He says: "The object of the publication of that letter of Andrew Jackson was to trump up a shadow of argument for a pretended reännexation of Texas to the United States, by a fabulous pretension that it had been treacherously surrendered to Spain, in the Florida treaty of 1819, by our government, meaning thereby the Secretary of State of that day, John Quincy Adams, in return for greater obligations than any one public servant of this nation was ever indebted for to another.
His secretary, M. Remy, showed him half a dozen letters which he had not opened because they were marked "private." One of the letters had at once attracted Richard's attention not only because the envelope was addressed in red ink, but because he seemed to have seen the writing before. He soon remembered that it was the red handwriting in which the memorandum-book had been so curiously completed.
His sanguinary exertions were ably seconded also by his secretary Bakkerzeel, a man who exercised the greatest influence over his chief, and who was now fiercely atoning for having signed the Compromise by persecuting those whom that league had been formed to protect.
I almost resolved to be silent thenceforward, and let the Government get along the best way it could. But duty called, and I obeyed. I called on the Secretary of the Treasury. He said: "What will you have?" The question threw me off my guard. I said, "Rum punch." He said: "If you have got any business here, sir, state it and in as few words as possible."
Discussions were desultory and without order or system; but in the summing-up and conclusions the President, who was a patient listener and learner, concentrated results, and often determined questions adverse to the Secretary of State, regarding him and his opinions, as he did those of his other advisers, for what they were worth and generally no more."
His mother, on the contrary, would have preferred that he should be sent to The Hague, where a post as third secretary was vacant. Now, of a sudden, he decided in favour of The Hague. "I'll go," he said. "The sooner the better." Having made up his mind, he reviewed his reasons. In the first place, it would be an excellent thing for his future career. Again, The Hague post was a pleasant one.
Evidently the count recognized this, for his impassive face reflected surprise for an instant, and this was followed by a keen, bewildered interest. Finally he arose, made his apologies, and left the room. His automobile was at the door. "To the embassy," he directed the chauffeur. And within five minutes he was there. His secretary met him in the hall.
And when I say 'confidential' I mean 'confidential' in the fullest sense." "Oh, quite," Miss Warburton concurred almost passionately. "And you aren't anybody else's secretary but mine. You may pretend to be everybody else's secretary, you may pretend as much as you please it may even be advisable to do so but the fact must always remain that you are mine alone.
It seemed to be the policy of General Halleck and Secretary Stanton to keep any force sent there, in pursuit of the invading army, moving right and left so as to keep between the enemy and our capital; and, generally speaking, they pursued this policy until all knowledge of the whereabouts of the enemy was lost.
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