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"In fact," admitted the Grand Duke, "we do not want a scandal" "It is no longer," the Baroness considered, "altogether a question of what we want." "And, morbleu! there will be a horrible scandal " "The public gazettes will thrive on it." " and trouble with her father, if not international complications " "The armies of Noumaria and Badenburg have for years had nothing to do."
She lies here, between England and Prussia, as in a vise. God summons you, a Frenchman, to reign in Noumaria, and in addition affords you a chance to marry that weathercock of Badenburg's daughter. Ah, He never spoke more clearly, Louis. And you would reply with a shallow jest! Why, Badenburg and Noumaria just bridge that awkward space between France and Austria.
"But there is so little to tell. His father had married the Grand Duke of Noumaria's daughter, over yonder between Silesia and Badenburg, you may remember. And so last spring when the Grand Duke and the Prince were both killed in that horrible fire, my friend quite unexpectedly became a king oh, king of a mere celery-patch, but still a sort of king.
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