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Then Louis, with a little sigh of relief, rose to his feet and came over to my side. "It is finished," he declared. "Monsieur Decresson and Monsieur Grisson are of one mind in this matter. The man Tapilow's punishment was deserved." I looked from one to the other of them in wonder. "But I do not understand!" I exclaimed. "You mean to say, then, that even if Tapilow himself should wish it "
You will be always accessible?" "I shall not leave my post, Prince!" Monsieur Grisson answered. "You will find me here at any time!" On the following morning the inhabitants of London, Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburg for a sum varying from a halfpenny to a penny were treated to sensationalism as thrilling as any six-shilling shocker hot from the press and assured of its half-million circulation.
I have an official position in the Principality. I am commissioned to speak to you with respect to the little affair in which you were concerned at La Turbie." "Well, I thought we'd thrashed all that out," Lane replied. "Anyway, Sir Henry Hunterleys and I have engaged a lawyer to look after our interests." "Just so," the little man murmured. "A very clever man indeed is Monsieur Grisson.
"I do not need tell you then that they are scouted with indignation by my master and his advisers," the Prince answered. "Neither shall we permit for a single moment the detention of our fleet upon its mission." "That means, then, war with England," Monsieur Grisson remarked quietly. "Unless they instantly withdraw their insolent demands undoubtedly," the Prince answered.
"Some English boy, I believe, imagined or dreamed that he saw some such meeting. We scarcely need, I think, to discuss this seriously." "Personally I agree with you," Monsieur Grisson said smoothly. "My ministry, however, seem to have been a little impressed by the boy's story. An autograph letter from the Czar, denying it, would perhaps make our negotiations more easy."
"Monsieur Grisson is here incognito. He wishes to hear your young friend's story from his own lips." The Duke's companion nodded silently. He had the air of a silent man. He was short, inclined to be stout, and his dress and bearing were almost bourgeois. His features were large and not particularly intelligent, his cheeks were puffy, and his gray beard ill-humored.
There is a chance that we may have to move Tapilow to a hospital, and he is just one of those fools who talk. Monsieur Grisson insists upon it that you leave Paris by the four o'clock train this afternoon." I shook my head. "I could not catch it," I declared. "It is half-past three now." "On the other hand, you can and you must," Louis answered.
"We wish to quarrel with no one," the Prince answered haughtily. "At the same time, we are not afraid of England. We recognize the fact that if war should come it is an independent affair, and does not come under the obligations of our alliance. We ask, therefore, for your neutrality alone." Monsieur Grisson bowed.
Monsieur Grisson held out his hand. "Thank you!" he said. The three men were again alone. The man who controlled the destinies of France dipped his pen in the ink. "Gentlemen," he said, "do you agree with me that I shall sign this draft?" "We do!" they both answered. The President signed his name. Then he turned the handle of the telephone. "You may show Lord Fothergill in!" he ordered.
"Henri," he said, "your young friend is with you?" "But certainly," his nephew answered with a sigh. "Am I not always obedient? He has scarcely been out of my sight since we arrived." "Very good! You saw us arrive just now. Did you mention the name of Monsieur Grisson?" the Duke asked. "But certainly not!" Henri answered. The Duke nodded. "You have discretion," he said.
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