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'Bear it in mind more constantly, said Otto. 'Herr Cancellarius, bring all the papers to my cabinet. Gentlemen, the council is dissolved. And he bowed and left the apartment, followed by Greisengesang and the secretaries, just at the moment when the Princess's ladies, summoned in all haste, entered by another door to help her forth.
I wager none of you remarked that wig. By all means. I know nothing about that. Dear me, are there as many as all that? Well, you can sign them; you have the procuration. You see, Herr Cancellarius, I knew your wig. And so, concluded Gondremark, resuming his own voice, 'our sovereign, by the particular grace of God, enlightens and supports his privy councillors.
There is not in all this ground enough for after-dinner talk, and you propose to force it as a casus belli." "It is well," said the Prince. "Herr Cancellarius, take your pen.
Rumour, with her loud whisper, hissed about the town; men left their homes without knowing why; knots formed along the boulevard; under the rare lamps and the great limes the crowd grew blacker. And now through the midst of that expectant company, the unusual sight of a closed litter was observed approaching, and trotting hard behind it that great dignitary Cancellarius Greisengesang.
'All has been quiet since I left? asked the Prince, resuming his seat. 'The usual business, your Highness, answered Greisengesang; 'punctual trifles: huge, indeed, if neglected, but trifles when discharged. Your Highness is most zealously obeyed. 'Obeyed, Herr Cancellarius? returned the Prince. 'And when have I obliged you with an order? Replaced, let us rather say.
'With your Highness's permission, he said, 'and laying at his feet my most submiss apologies, I will now hasten to attend his further orders in the Chancery. 'Herr Cancellarius, do you see this chair? said Otto. 'There is where you shall attend my further orders. O, now, no more! he cried, with a gesture, as the old man opened his lips.
There was some paper on the table, and Otto, sitting down, wrote a passport in the name of Sir John Crabtree. "Affix the seal, Herr Cancellarius," he said, in his most princely manner, as he rose. Greisengesang produced a red portfolio, and affixed the seal in the unpoetic guise of an adhesive stamp; nor did his perturbed and clumsy movements at all lessen the comedy of the performance.
But your Highness at such an hour in the library! a circumstance so unusual as your Highness's presence was a thing I could not be expected to foresee. 'There is no harm done, Herr Cancellarius, said Otto. 'I came upon the errand of a moment: some papers I left over-night with the Herr Doctor, said the Chancellor of Grunewald.
The Prince moved slowly towards the lower end of the table; then he paused again, and, fixing his eye on Greisengesang, 'How comes it, Herr Cancellarius, he asked, 'that I have received no notice of the change of hour? 'Your Highness, replied the Chancellor, 'her Highness the Princess . . . and there paused.
But your Highness at such an hour in the library! a circumstance so unusual as your Highness's presence was a thing I could not be expected to foresee." "There is no harm done, Herr Cancellarius," said Otto. "I came upon the errand of a moment: some papers I left over-night with the Herr Doctor," said the Chancellor of Grünewald.
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