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She wrote that she was out of health, and was beside detained in Madrid by a thousand social duties; but in the spring or summer she would be very pleased to come and spend a few weeks with her only child and her grandchildren. Wilhelm maintained an outward show of calm.
On his part, he promised, that he would no longer interrupt the Roman trade and navigation; that he would no longer build ships, nor make descents on the coasts of Italy, nor receive the slaves who fled to him; and that he would immediately send to Rome the corn he had detained, oblige the Sicilians to pay annually the tribute of corn due to Rome by that island, and clear the seas of all the pirates.
Whedbee had had the happy idea of bringing along a thousand packets of cigarettes the tonneau of the car was literally filled with them and we tossed a packet to every German soldier that we saw. You could have followed our trail for thirty miles by the cigarettes we left behind us. As it turned out, they were the means of saving us from being detained within the German lines.
Wiling away the time with exquisite tact talking to him without pressing him to talk much in reply turning his thoughts to indifferent subjects, until he had succeeded in arousing his interest the young viscount detained his guest till evening, and then persuaded him to have tea.
Promptitude was indeed necessary; for, when Marlborough's letter was written, the preparations at Portsmouth were all but complete; and, if the wind had been favourable to the English, the objects of the expedition might have been attained without a struggle. But adverse gales detained our fleet in the Channel during another month. Meanwhile a large body of troops was collected at Brest.
The dinner-bell rang, both at her house and M. Pelet's; we were obliged to part; I detained her a moment as she was moving away. "I want something," said I. "What?" asked Zoraide naively. "Only a flower." "Gather it then or two, or twenty, if you like." "No one will do-but you must gather it, and give it to me."
Our troops were absolutely fighting in mud, and it was with extreme difficulty that the artillery and caissons of the army could be moved along. M. de Talleyrand had been summoned to headquarters by the Emperor, in the expectation of treating for peace, and I was informed that his carriage stuck in the mud and he was detained on his journey for twelve hours.
Now" and he smiled, and spoke in a less serious tone.. "if you have no objection, I am off to my room to scribble for an hour or so. Come for me if you want me you know I don't in the least mind being disturbed." But Villiers detained him a moment, and looked inquisitively at him full in the eyes.
When the black boy's first note of warning fell upon his ear he was imprinting a farewell kiss upon his mother's lips and giving her a last embrace; but they fell apart instantly when they heard that wild cry, for they knew what it meant. "There they are!" gasped Mrs. Gray. "Marcy, I am afraid I have detained you too long."
"Verily," answered Robert, "I hold it shocking that this jackanapes should be seated, whilst so many noble captains are standing yonder." When the ceremony was over, the emperor, who had, no doubt, heard the words, wished to have an explanation; so he detained Robert, and asked him who and whence he was. "I am a Frenchman," quoth Robert; "and of noble birth.
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