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'And this only puzzles me the more, added Atlee, pondering. 'His first visit there, at the time I met him, was a mere accident of travel a tourist's curiosity to see an old castle supposed to have some historic associations. 'Were there not some other attractions in the spot? interrupted she, smiling.
"I made several rough drafts on the subject, one of which I exhibited to the Colonels Magaw, Miles, and Atlee; and they said that they would consider the matter.
'But I weary your Excellency, said Atlee, rising, 'and my real business here is accomplished.
We are not likely to meet again: may I assume that we part friends? 'You only anticipate my own sincere desire. As they passed slowly through the garden, Atlee stopped and said: 'Had I been able to tell my lord, "The Prince is just named special envoy at Constantinople. The Turks are offended at something he has done in Crete or Thessaly.
You'll make full allowance for a man placed as I am; but I want, before you go, to learn from you in what way, or as what, you have presented me to your family? Am I a poor sizar of Trinity, whose hard struggle with poverty has caught your sympathy? Am I a chance acquaintance, whose only claim on you is being known to Joe Atlee?
Will you tell me that the triumphant assertion of a man's honour is not more to him than bank-notes? Though the heroic spirit of this speech went but a short way to deceive Atlee, who only read it as a plea for a higher price, it was his policy to seem to believe every word of it, and he looked a perfect picture of quiet conviction. 'You little suspect what these letters are? said the Greek.
'Don't say so, sir, said she passionately. 'The men who put their lives on a venture and that venture not a mere gain to themselves are in nowise the associates of those poor adventurers who are gambling for their daily living. He is a rebel, if you like; but he believes in rebellion. How much do you believe in, Mr. Atlee? 'I say, Joe, you are getting the worst of this discussion.
On board the Austrian Lloyd's steamer in which he sailed from Constantinople, Joseph Atlee employed himself in the composition of a small volume purporting to be The Experiences of a Two Years' Residence in Greece.
The infinite number of things that are too small and too insignificant for him, are to have their place, duly docketed and dated, in your brain; and the very expression of his face should be an indication to you of what he is looking for and yet cannot remember. Do you mark me? 'Half-past ten, cried Atlee, as the clock chimed on the mantel-piece; and he hurried away without another word.
Joseph Atlee had a very busy morning of it on a certain November day at Pera, when the post brought him tidings that Lord Danesbury had resigned the Irish viceroyalty, and had been once more named to his old post as ambassador at Constantinople.
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