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Updated: June 6, 2025
The young fellow Phillips has cut me up no, has cut out that is, he has cut me in. Then I return to Paris. To-day I shall start. The navy of Megalia will get up steam and " The King stopped abruptly. The smile died on his face. He had all the appearance of extreme dejection. "My friend," he said, "it will not work. I forgot one thing. I am up in a tree. What am I to do?"
"If you mean Konrad Karl," said Gorman, "I should call him the late king. They had a revolution there, you know, and hunted him out, I believe Megalia is a republic now." "None of the Great Powers," said Sir Bartholomew, "has ever recognised the Republic of Megalia." He spoke as if what he said disposed of the Megalians finally.
"There is no revenue in Megalia either," said the King. "But Donovan is getting what he wants. His daughter will be a reigning queen. I daresay we'll be able to screw him up to " "The price of that rope of pearls," said Madame, "is ten thousand pounds." "Oh," said Gorman, "we'll get that and a bit over." "At once," said Madame, "cash down.
If a sale is arranged I give a bill to the American, a bill of three months, and for security I place at his disposal I pledge the revenue of Megalia for ten years; for a hundred years. If it seems more desirable that I marry; good, I am ready. The American girl comes to Paris. I meet her. We marry. The Emperor is satisfied. It is upon you, my dear Gorman, to fix it down."
I don't say that Megalia is precisely the kingdom I'd have chosen for her. I'd have preferred a place with a bigger reputation, one better advertised by historians. But I realize that the European monarchy market has been cornered by a syndicate, and I can't just step down and buy what I like. Your leading families, so I understand, have secured options on the best kingdoms and won't part."
Her face, beneath its coating of powder, was flushed. Her eyes were unusually bright. Her hair a most unusual thing with her appeared to be coming down. She rushed straight to the king and flung her arms round his neck. "Konrad," she said, "my Konrad. You shall not go to Megalia. Never, never will I say 'Be a King. Never shall you live with those so barbarous people. I said 'Go. I admit it.
It is, I am told, a charming house. Hot and cold. Billiard and No Basement. Self-contained, Tudor and Bungalow, ten bed, two dressing, offices of the usual, drainage, commanding views, all that is desirable. But, alas for poor Otto! Salissa was not safe. He had forgotten that Megalia has a navy, a navy of one ship only, but that was enough. It cooked the goose of Otto, that Megalian Navy.
"Law!" said Madame. "Pouf! What is your law? I spit at it. It is to laugh at, the law." The king took a different view. He knew by painful experience something about law, chiefly that part of the law which deals with the relations of creditor and debtor. He was seriously alarmed at what Gorman said. "Alas, Corinne," he said, "in Megalia, yes. But in England, no.
"Knowing the work you have done for your party in America," he went on, "knowing your friendship with the Donovans and your acquaintance with the King of Megalia, it seemed to us not to me, you know. I don't really matter. It seemed to us that you were the best possible person." "I see. Well, supposing I undertake the job, what am I to say to Donovan? He's paid a big price for that island.
The navy of Megalia has shells for its guns. It has six. I know it, for I bought them myself when I sat on that cursed throne. Six, my friends." "That's a comfort, anyway," said Donovan. "According to my notion of the efficiency of that navy it will miss the island altogether with the first five and be darned lucky if it knocks a chip off a cliff with the sixth."
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