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Updated: June 6, 2025
No one had forgotten in Spain what Madame des Ursins had done to get rid of Louville, how the King of Spain had resisted; that she was not able to succeed without the aid of France and her intrigues with Madame de Maintenon; and that the King, afflicted to the utmost, yielding to the orders given by France to Louville, had doubled the pensions which had for a long time been paid to him, given him a sum of money in addition, and the government of Courtray, which he lost only by the misfortune of the war that followed the loss of the battle of Ramillies.
He had nothing to apprehend from the German empire, which was then contending against the Turks on the Danube. Holland could not, unsupported venture to oppose him. He was therefore at liberty to indulge his ambition and insolence without restraint. He seized Strasburg, Courtray, Luxemburg. He exacted from the republic of Genoa the most humiliating submissions.
It was, however, encountered by a far superior Spanish squadron, which the English attacked with great fury, but Philip Courtray was severely wounded, and his brother Peter, who was taken prisoner with a number of knights and gentlemen, was never again heard of, numbers also losing their lives.
"The storm is coming, and four persons made too heavy a load; so Lord Courtray and Olga have gone on." Tamara's heart gave a great bound, but his face expressed nothing, and her sudden fear calmed. He was ceremoniously polite as he helped her in. Nor did he sit too near her or change his manner one atom as they went along.
And Tamara was glad she had a gauze scarf over her arm, which she wrapped around carelessly as she said: "Nothing, Jack let's dance!" "What an awfully decent chap our host is, isn't he!" Lord Courtray said, as they ambled along in their valse. "And jolly good-looking too for a foreigner. These Russians are men after my own heart!" "Yes, he is good-looking," admitted Tamara.
The legion of Manrique, sixteen hundred strong, was in open mutiny at Courtray. Farnese had sent the Prince of Ascoli to negotiate with them, but his attempts were all in vain.
"Jack Courtray and I have spent the day studying the lovely things in the Hermitage. We must see what we can before we both go home." Gritzko looked at her. "I like him he is a good fellow your friend," and then he added reflectively: "But if he spends too much time with you I hope the bears will eat him!"
By the end of the day, after walks through the Treasury and museums, and what not, and never having been able to speak to Tamara, his temper was at boiling point. But he controlled it, and his face wore a mask, which disarmed even the Princess' fears. Their dinner was very gay, and the Russians asked Lord Courtray what had impressed him most.
The legion of Manrique, sixteen hundred strong, was in open mutiny at Courtray. Farnese had sent the Prince of Ascoli to negotiate with them, but his attempts were all in vain.
He had been ordered out from Ghent to oppose a force of Malcontents which was gathering in the neighbourhood of Courtray; but he swore that he would not leave the gates so long as two of the gentlemen whom he had arrested on the twenty-eighth of the previous October, and who yet remained in captivity, were still alive. These two prisoners were ex-procurator Visch and Blood-Councillor Hessels.
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