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"My business is soon told," de Grost replied; "but in the first place, I beg that you will not unnecessarily alarm yourself. There is, believe me, no need for it no need whatever, although, to prevent misunderstandings, I may as well tell you at once that I am perfectly well aware who it is that I am addressing." Hagon collapsed into a chair. He buried his face in his hands and groaned.
We drink to the Double Four to the great cause!" There was a murmur of voices. Sogrange lifted once more his glass. "May Peter Ruff rest in peace!" he said. "We drink to his ashes. We drink long life and prosperity to the Baron de Grost!" The Marquis alone attended his guest to the station.
The baron carefully selected a cigar and lit it. "That," he said, "goes well, but there are other things." "As, for instance?" De Grost leaned back in his chair and watched the smoke of his cigar curl upwards. "One talks too much," he remarked. "Before the cards are upon the table it is not wise." They chatted upon various matters.
To be frank with you, my dear Baron, we are waiting for the tide to rise." "So thoughtful about these trifles!" de Grost murmured. "But their present position? They are, I trust, not uncomfortable?" Bernadine stood up and moved to the farther end of the office.
That is my answer to you, Baron de Grost, whether you come to me for yourself or on behalf of the society to which I no longer belong. That is my answer that and the door," he added, pressing the bell. "If you will, we fight. If you are wise, forget this visit as quickly as you can." Peter took up his hat. The man-servant was already in the room.
De Grost, who appeared exceedingly comfortable, stretched out his hand and took a small black bottle from a tiny mahogany racking fixed against the wall by his side. "You will excuse me, my dear Bernadine," he said, "but I see my friend Greening has been tasting a few wines. The 'XX' upon the label here signifies approval. With your permission."
I want you to follow my suggestions, if you will." "But, assuredly!" "Leave here early and go to your club. Remain there until one, then come to the Embassy. I shall be there awaiting your arrival." "You mean that you will go there alone? I do not understand," the ambassador protested. "Why should I go to my club? I do not at all understand." "Nevertheless, do as I say," De Grost insisted.
You can peruse it upon the journey, and remember that we can at all times bring a hundred witnesses, if necessary, to prove that you are whom you declare yourself to be. When you get to Charing Cross, do not forget that it will be the carriage and servants of the Baron de Grost which await you." Peter shrugged his shoulders. "Well," he said thoughtfully, "I suppose I shall get used to it."
What a fortunate thing, Peter, with your intensely practical turn of mind, that Nature endowed you with so much sentiment." De Grost gazed reflectively at the cigarette which he had just selected from his case. "Well," he remarked, "there have been times when I have cursed myself for a fool, but, on the whole, sentiment keeps many fires burning."
An hour or so later, the Marquis de Sogrange and Peter, Baron de Grost, took their leave of New York. They chose a hotel on Broadway, within a stone's throw of Rector's.
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