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Updated: July 22, 2025
Listen, my friends, to the cursed jaw no, the infernal cheek, of this: 'The Megalian Government requires " He stopped, gasped, struck at the paper with his hand. "Go on," said Gorman. "There's nothing very bad so far. There is a Megalian Government, I suppose?" "But I I am the Megalian Government," said the King. "It will be time enough to take up those points of constitutional law afterwards.
The Queen, having no one else to treat as a confidant, often talked to him about Phillips. The King was expansive about Madame Ypsilante. One evening he became very sentimental, almost lachrymose. He and Gorman were sitting together near the flagstaff, smoking and looking out towards the harbour where the Megalian navy still lay at anchor. "Ah," said the King, "my poor Corinne! She will languish.
"I shouldn't wonder," said Gorman, "if we've seen the last of our friend Smith." "I hope not," said Donovan. "Why do you think so?" "Well," said Gorman, "if I were in his shoes I think I should stay in the Megalian navy. It'll be rather awkward for him now we've found him out." "He will return," said the King. "I shouldn't," said Gorman.
"The proper thing to do," said Gorman, "is to put him on board the Megalian navy and leave him to the admiral." "Seems a pity," said Donovan. "I don't see how I could make my way along the rugged path of life without Smith. He hasn't done me any kind of harm so far. I think I'll wait a bit. It would worry me to have to step down and take hold now. My heart "
Then he presented the Star of the Megalian Order of the Pink Vulture to Phillips. He took it from his own breast and pinned it on to Phillips' coat with a perfect shower of complimentary phrases. It was not quite clear whether the decoration was meant as a reward for sinking the submarine or for winning the affection of the Queen.
The king seemed a little uneasy, and after dinner spoke to Gorman about the Megalian Order of the Pink Vulture. "You are magnificent, Gorman," he said, "and your English press! Ah, my friend, if you had been Prime Minister in Megalia, and if there had been newspapers, I might to-day be sitting on the throne, though I do not want to, not at all. The throne of Megalia is what you call a hot spot.
Steinwitz was plainly anxious to discourage inquiries about Megalia. And Steinwitz had the reputation of being a very astute man. Gorman tabulated the information he had acquired. He produced, after some thought, a few notes on Megalia which might be embodied in a plausible prospectus. A Megalian Development Company would have a clear field and no competition to face.
Bland-Potterton was in a corner with a highly decorated foreigner who looked like a stage brigand. I found out afterwards that he was the Megalian ambassador. Bland-Potterton was talking to him with intense earnestness. Another day he dashed at me in the smoking-room of the club. I was half asleep at the moment and desired nothing in the world so much as to be let alone.
On the north side of the bay, opposite the cottages, a promontory ran out into the water. On it, sometimes on its very edge, sometimes drawn a little back with a space of smooth rocks in front of it, was the house built by King Otto, Konrad Karl's unfortunate predecessor on the Megalian throne. Perhaps that king himself had a taste for the fantastic.
The negotiations were rushed through at a pace which struck even Gorman as indecent. But everybody concerned was in a hurry. Konrad Karl was afraid that the Emperor might hear of the sale through the Megalian ambassador in London.
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