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A glance at his face was sufficient the secretary had spoken. He would have hurried off, but the Baron intercepted him. "You are leaving, Prince?" he asked. "Yes!" was the somewhat curt reply. "I will walk a little way with you, if I may," De Grost continued. "My wife brought Lady Brownloe, and the brougham only holds two comfortably." Prince Albert made no reply.
Will you permit that I introduce an acquaintance whom I have been fortunate enough to find on board: Monsieur le Baron de Grost Madame la Duchesse della Nermino." Peter was graciously received, and the conversation dealt, for a few moments, with the usual banalities of the voyage. Then followed the business of settling the Duchesse in her place.
Grost," another Rossbach place, "which belongs to the Kammerjunker Heldorf, has likewise"... OHE, SATIS! "All this happened between the 23d and 31st October; consequently before the Battle.... In many Villages you see the trees and fields sprinkled with feathers from the beds that have been slit up. These accordingly are the only lands in all this region whose fate has been tolerable.
On the night after the visit of Peter, Baron de Grost, His Grace the Duke of Rosshire was present, the man in whose hands lay the destinies of the British Navy; and, curiously enough, on the same night, a great French writer on naval subjects was present, whom the Duke had never met, and with whom he was delighted to talk for some time apart.
There was once more a touch in his manner of that half divine authority which had thrilled the great multitude of his believers. De Grost was forced to admit defeat. "Not defeat," he said to himself, as he followed the man to the lift, "only a check." Nevertheless, it was a serious check. He could not, for the moment, see his way further.
I may tell you at once that no sum that could be offered tempted either of these men." "I am delighted to hear it," de Grost replied, "but I must plead guilty to a little temporary anxiety as to their present whereabouts." "At this moment," Bernadine remarked, "they are within a few feet of us; but, as you are doubtless aware, access to your delightful river is obtainable from these premises.
De Grost himself seemed in no hurry to depart, nor did his companion show any signs of impatience. It was not until the two people whose entrance had had such a remarkable effect upon Bernadine, rose to leave, that the mask was for a moment lifted. De Grost had called for his bill and paid it. The two men strolled out together.
No conventional greetings of any sort had been exchanged. De Grost had scarcely closed the door behind him before Hagon addressed him breathlessly, almost fiercely. "Who are you, sir?" he demanded. "And what do you want with me?" "You had my letter?" de Grost inquired. "I had your letter," the other admitted. "It told me nothing. You speak of business. What business have I with any here?"
One has to entertain, and one forgets the serious business of lunching. I will take my coffee and cigarettes in peace." De Grost gave an order to the waiter and leaned back in his chair. "Now," he suggested, "tell me exactly what it is that has brought you back into the restaurant?" Bernadine shrugged his shoulders. "Why not the pleasure of this few minutes' conversation with you?" he asked.
Mademoiselle Celaire, who was present most evenings, although with other escorts, was puzzled. She could see nothing whatever to account for the warning which she had received, and had at once passed on, as was her duty, to the Baron de Grost. She failed, also, to understand the faint but perceptible enlightenment to which Peter himself had admittedly attained after that first evening.
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