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Updated: June 9, 2025
Once the German grasp had been fairly laid upon the State, the nominal sovereign might struggle as he liked, he could hurt no one but himself. M. Selpdorf's chief contribution towards the new plot which was to be carried out at the Count's own fortress, the Castle of Sagan consisted in sending an urgent letter after his daughter, begging her to fall in with von Elmur's wishes.
I am myself sensible of something of the kind when dealing with him. Valerie imagines him to be quixotic. 'Has Mademoiselle said this? Elmur was stiffening at every sentence. Circumstances and not liking had put these two men on the same side, and Selpdorf repaid Elmur's sneers at the helplessness of Maäsau with sympathy for Elmur's position as a lover.
In the case of his motherless girl, the Chancellor had enjoyed this pleasure to the full. To-day for the first time he found himself face to face with the less convenient side of the girl's character. She was an eminently reasonable person, and though she could stick to her point she never did so without cause. Therefore Elmur's affair promised to be awkward.
'Valerie, I must ask you to consider not only your own share in this question, but von Elmur's. It compromises Elmur no less than it compromises you. 'I cannot carry out the engagement, said the girl quietly. M. Selpdorf threw a great deal of surprise and disappointment into his countenance. 'I did not know you were so greatly prejudiced against him.
He was, in fact, serving his own private interests and also hustling Selpdorf along towards the German goal. 'Then we shall have a court-martial, said the Chancellor. 'Disgrace will be more effectual than death itself in this case. 'Disgrace? ah, yes! But I know what would happen to Captain Rallywood in my country. Elmur's eyes had a gleam in them. 'I am not so well informed.
She only moved very slightly, thereby turning her back even more completely upon her companion. The girl had not lived so long in an atmosphere of diplomacy without learning the wisdom of keeping her own counsel. She had for some time been aware of Baron von Elmur's admiration, but only of late had he seemed anxious to make his aspirations manifest to the public a much more significant fact.
Then another door was opened and the tsa swept in with a wild yell, for a moment holding upright the failing man who staggered out on to the snowy terrace, making a tragic centre to the flickering path of light cast by the lamp in Elmur's hand. For an instant Colendorp stood swaying on the yielding snow by the edge of the precipice, and as he swayed his voice climbed through his broken throat
Valerie, as the Baroness von Elmur, was to be her father's guarantee for the future! Although Elmur's desires lay in the same direction, Selpdorf's insistence was most unpalatable to the German minister. 'I am ready to lay myself at Mademoiselle's feet, he said aloud, 'but there is always the picturesque young captain of the Guard. 'Unziar?
The voice was Baron von Elmur's, and there was a note of admiration in it that he had reason to be acquainted with. A woman laughed, a light, provoking laugh, Rallywood, who was still held by the crush against the door, knew it well, but he breathed freely, for it was not the laugh he had feared to hear.
Baron von Elmur assured me of that. 'I am sure von Elmur's intentions were most generous, but the fact remains that it was made public. Valerie, you must be aware of his feelings towards you? Valerie came round the table and sat down beside her father, slipping her hand caressingly through his arm. Selpdorf smiled down at her.
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