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Some strangers were being shown over the Terrace when he and Fraide reached the House, and, noticing the open door, the old man paused. "I never refuse fresh air," he said. "Shall we take another breath of it before settling down?" He took Loder's arm and drew him forward. As they passed through the door-way the pressure of his fingers tightened.
Fraide thinks it's such a pity that" she stopped to choose her words "that you should lose hold on things lose interest in things, as you are doing.
It is far nobler to fill an empty niche than to carve one for yourself. John " She suddenly leaned forward, laying her hands over his. "Mr. Fraide told me to-night that in his new ministry my my husband was to be Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs!" The words fell softly.
But Loder paled suddenly, and his glance turned to the river-wide, mysterious, secret. Unconsciously Fraide had stripped the illusion. It was not John Loder who walked here; it was Chilcote Chilcote with his position, his constituency his wife. He half extricated his arm, but Fraide held it. "No," he said. "Don't draw away from me. You have always been too ready to do that.
Passing through the enthusiastic concourse of men, they came unexpectedly upon Fraide and Lady Sarah surrounded by a group of friends. The old statesman came forward instantly, and, taking Loder's arm, walked with him to Chilcote's waiting brougham. He said little as they slowly made their way to the carriage, but the pressure of his fingers was tense and an unwonted color showed in his face.
His position had been altered in one remarkable particular. Before this day he alone had known himself to be strong; now the knowledge was shared by others and he was human enough to be susceptible to the change. The first appreciation of it came immediately after the excitement of the division, when Fraide, singling him out, took his arm and pressed it affectionately.
I forgot to reckon that when we draw largely upon Fate she generally extorts a crushing interest. "First came the wish for your respect; then the desire to stand well with such men as Fraide to feel the stir of emulation and competition to prove myself strong in the one career I knew myself really fitted for.
Scarcely had he sorted his notes and drawn his chair to Chilcote's desk than Renwick entered the room with the same air of important haste that he had shown on a previous occasion. "A letter from Mr. Fraide, sir. But there's no answer," he said, with unusual brevity. Loder waited till he had left the room, then he tore the letter open.
Unlike Greening, she took the new manner without surprise. She had known Chilcote for six years. "I dined with the Fraides to-night," she said. "Mr. Fraide sent you a message." Unconsciously Loder smiled. There was humor in the thought of a message to him from the great Fraide. To hide his amusement he wheeled one of the big lounge-chairs forward. "Indeed," he said. "Won't you sit down?"
Minutely watchful of Russia's attitude, Fraide quietly organized his forces and strengthened his position with a statesmanlike grasp of opportunity; and to Loder the attributes displayed by his leader during those trying days formed an endless and absorbing study.
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