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"I told you I would pluck you from under the wheels of Juggernaut's car if I could, and so far I have succeeded." "I don't know how you have done it, but I thank you." "I will leave you for a little while," said Dr. Goldberg. "How long before he starts? Delay it as long as you can." "A couple of hours," said Cloverton. "Very well. I will come in and see him comfortably packed up."
Later, in the Bois, Frina heard many versions of the story, but not in one of them was Captain Ellerey's name mentioned. She did not understand it. There was some undercurrent of intrigue going on of which she was ignorant. Her carriage was drawn up to the side of the road, where she was holding a small court of pedestrians, when she caught sight of Lord Cloverton.
It is not a question of loyalty, but one which concerns my fair fame." "Surely, Countess, you exaggerate." "Indeed, your Majesty, I do not, as Lord Cloverton can prove. Only yesterday, in the Bois, he made it evident that Court gossip linked my name with Captain Ellerey's, and even suggested that I might render service to my country and this Englishman at the same time by saying all I knew.
The stout, sour-visaged lady who was half-hidden by her newspaper at the other end of the table was also a bread-winner, for she taught embroidery to the women of her acquaintance and made various articles of fancy-work that were sold at Biggar's Emporium, the largest store in Cloverton. So, between them, the Professor and Mrs.
Is it not true that a woman can frame her questions so that a man is compelled to answer?" "Some men, perhaps." "Captain Ellerey, I think," said the Ambassador. "Under certain conditions." "Exactly," he answered. "When the questions are asked by one particular woman," she said. "You have caught my meaning exactly, Countess." "But as it happens, Lord Cloverton, I am not the one particular woman."
Lord Cloverton could doubtless tell her the truth, and although she did not for one moment expect him to do so, she thought she could probably draw it from him with the help of the knowledge she already possessed. "My horses are getting rather restive, they have been standing so long. Will you drive with me, Lord Cloverton?" He thanked her and got in beside her.
Why should the Countess become suddenly interested in the movements of Lord Cloverton? and since she was closely attached to the Queen, why should she warn him against De Froilette, who was also deep in her Majesty's confidence? The problem was beyond his power to solve. Frina Mavrodin was a far more important person in Sturatzberg than Ellerey imagined.
I think he gives you excellent advice." "You would give me the same, Lord Cloverton?" "Certainly." "Why?" "Because you are an innocent man. It is your duty to fight for your character to the last ditch." "Why should you suppose I am not fighting for my character?" Ellerey asked. "Here in Sturatzberg?" "Why not? Words will never mend a broken reputation; deeds may."
The Ambassador at once telegraphed to the Foreign Office in London, and received the answer that the report of her return to Wallaria was absurd, that she was certainly on her way to Australia. This confident answer, however, did not satisfy Lord Cloverton, in spite of the fact that no news of the Princess was forth coming.
"To defeat intrigues is my hourly occupation, Elena, but there are some intrigues, or whispers of them, which call for special treatment; they are not to be met by counterplot, but by open speech and outspoken denial." "Am I accused?" the Queen asked. "Lord Cloverton has seen fit to warn me." "Of what?" she asked innocently, looking toward the Ambassador.
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