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I shall demand, besides, that the British ambassador at Constantinople shall formally support my claim to be received as envoy from Greece, and that the whole might of England be pledged to the ratification of my appointment. A very cold but not uncourteous smile was all Atlee's acknowledgment of this speech. 'There are small details which regard my title and the rank that I lay claim to.
An insolent toss of the head was all Nina's reply, and there was a stillness in the room, as, exchanging looks with each other, the different persons there expressed their amazement at Atlee's daring. 'Who's for a rubber of whist? said Lord Kilgobbin, to relieve the awkward pause. 'Are you, Curtis? Atlee, I know, is ready. 'Here is all prepared, said Dick.
I see, said he, smiling, 'you had rather I should read Atlee's letter. Well, here goes. He broke the envelope, and began:
The night of the 30th Lee's position was substantially from Atlee's Station on the Virginia Central Railroad south and east to the vicinity of Cold Harbor. Ours was: The left of Warren's corps was on the Shady Grove Road, extending to the Mechanicsville Road and about three miles south of the Totopotomoy.
'Except that there is not one so poor as to ask aid from me, added Nina, as she took the document, glanced at the writing, and placed it in her pocket. As they separated for the night, and Dick trotted up the stairs at Atlee's side, he said, 'I don't think, after all, my ten pounds is so safe as I fancied. 'Don't you? replied Joe. 'My impressions are all the other way, Dick.
'So that it really amounts to this that I shall actually have missed my whole fortune in life thrown myself away all because I would not wait for Mr. Atlee to propose to me. Nothing less than Atlee's marvellous assurance and self-possession could have sustained this speech unabashed. 'You have only said what my heart has told me many a day since.
You repeat the insulting proposal? Well, sir, on your own head be it! Mr. Atlee's library or the Atlee collection is better was yesterday disposed of to a well-known collector of rare books, and, if we are rightly informed, for a mere fraction of its value. Never mind, sir, I bear you no ill-will!
I remember something it was a newspaper story of a girl that saved Cecil's life by throwing herself before him a very pretty incident it was; but these things make no figure in a settlement; and a woman may be as bold as Joan of Arc, and not have sixpence. Atlee says you can always settle the courage on the younger children. 'Atlee's an arrant scamp, said my lord, laughing.
Atlee's eyes twinkled with a malicious drollery, and he had to bite his lips to repress an impertinence that seemed almost to master his prudence, and at last he said carelessly 'Dick Kearney might get something. 'I suppose you know that his qualifications will be tested. You bear that in mind, I hope 'Yes.
I believe I could have survived that; and if, however, they had come to the point of telling me that they were content with my acquirements, and what is called "passed me," I fervently believe I should have been seized with an apoplexy. 'Mr. Atlee's opinion of himself is not a mean one, said Walpole, with a cold smile.
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