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"If Josef's son was ill and I was ill," said I, "which would Josef wish most to get better?" "The King should be before a thousand sons to him," she answered quickly, and in a proud, agitated voice. But a moment later she bade me not ask foolish questions. I remember that I studied her face for some moments. It was a little difficult to make out how she really felt about me and my kingship.
Had not the highways been so well guarded they would have carried you to the Russian salt mines, a prisoner." Josef's vehemence had cost him his breath. He paused to regain it. To all appearances the Minister of Private Intelligence had been the least interested of the auditors. He now spoke quietly with reference to the belongings lying upon the table.
It is fair to add that even this appeared a generous gift to Franz Josef's ministers, who failed to see why the Habsburg Monarchy should offer any compensation to an ally from whom help, not claims, had been expected. To a possible abandonment of territory on the Isonzo or elsewhere the Vienna Cabinet made no allusion.
The worthy lieutenant very naturally suspected, from his knowledge of Don Josef's previous history, that he was not engaged in any very creditable undertaking. He at once suspected that he was not sailing on a simple privateering voyage, but of course he failed to ascertain the truth. The more questions he asked, the more mysterious and important his quondam acquaintance became.
Next day the black cow went dry: otherwise you might say that Josef's hobgoblins were fir trees." Whilst Jakob laughed at Josef's phantoms, he could not help telling us in his turn a tale which he considered much more noteworthy: "There was no denying that one winter's night a huntsman, losing himself in the deep snow, took refuge in a forsaken senner-hut.
The pride of the parent snake was in the eyes that he turned upon the Parisian, who turned his head away, ashamed of such regard. "May God forgive us both," he whispered, "but I disown you." For the first time a hint of color appeared in the parchment hue of Josef's cheek and for the first time a human note sounded in his voice.
Eloise and Sister Gloria were native to the Southwest and they knew how to dress warmly for it. Aunty Boone had never felt such chilling night breezes, but not one word of complaint came from her lips in all that journey. One night we gathered into camp beneath the shelter of a little butte. We had overtaken Father Josef's Indian runner an hour before.
Josef's wife, Nina's mother, had long been dead, having died so said Sophie Zamenoy, her sister of a broken heart; of a heart that had broken itself in grief, because her husband had joined his fortunes with those of a Jew.
From the moment Michael's pure young voice filled the vast spaces of the cathedral, it was plain that Josef's singing could not compete with it. His soprano showed signs of breaking, and gradually the principal solo parts, which had always fallen to him, were given to the new chorister.
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