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He affected a reluctance to accept the "absolute" government, but his coyness could not deceive such experienced statesmen as the "wise old Leoliinus," or Menin, Maalzoon, Florin Thin, or Aitzma, who composed the deputation. It was obvious enough to them that it was not a King Log that had descended among them, but it was not a moment for complaining.
The Berlin report on December 29, 1915, stated that on the whole front artillery and aeroplanes were active. The enemy's aircraft attacked the towns and railroad stations of Wervick and Menin, Belgium, without, however, doing military damage.
The envoys in England, the Nassau family Hohenlo, the prominent members of the States, such as the shrewd, plausible Menin, the "honest and painful" Falk, and the chancellor of Gelderland "that very great, wise, old man Leoninus," as Leicester called him, were all desirous that he should assume an absolute governor-generalship over the whole country.
Haig's outflanking project had been rendered equally impossible by the strength of the German resistance to Rawlinson's move on Menin, and by the 21st both sides had been pinned down to a ding-dong soldiers' battle all along the front.
By the way, is Mademoiselle Jeanne fair or dark? Let me try to recollect. Why, fair, of course. I remember the glint of gold in the little curls about her temples, as she stood by the lamp. A pleasant face, too; not exactly classic, but rosy and frank; and then she has that animation which so many pretty women lack. Madame Menin has forgotten something else. She has forgotten to shut my window.
After an exordium about the cruelty of the Spanish tyranny and the enormous expense entailed by the war upon the Netherlands, Menin, who, as usual, was the spokesman, alluded to the difficulty which the States at last felt in maintaining themselves.
Along the Menin road there were wayside dressing stations for wounded, with surgeons at work, and I saw the same scenes there. They were not beyond the danger zone. Doctors and orderlies were killed by long-range shells. Wounded were wounded again or finished off. Some ambulances were blown to bits. A colonel who had been standing in talk with a doctor was killed halfway through a sentence.
'You don't know him? spoke the voice of Ruba. 'He knows you, said Dubb. 'He is an old friend of yours, remarked Dubsix. 'And a very dear one, added Menin. 'And a very false one, observed Atub. 'What does it all mean? inquired Yellow-cap. 'If you will give yourself the trouble to lay your left finger beside your nose it might inform you, said Gyp courteously.
'We come! said all the Brethren together, They rose up, put their play-books in their pockets, and joining hands so as to form a circle, with Gyp and Yellow-cap in the middle of it, they rapidly repeated five times over the following mystic chant, Gyp beating time for them with the forefinger of his right hand on the five fingers of his left: Ruba Dubb Dubsix Menin Atub Chorus Gyp!
Policy of England Diplomatic Coquetry Dutch Envoys in England Conference of Ortel and Walsingham Interview with Leicester Private Audience of the Queen Letters of the States General Ill Effects of Gilpin's Despatch Close Bargaining of the Queen and States Guarantees required by England England's comparative Weakness The English characterised Paul Hentzner The Envoys in London Their Characters Olden-Barneveldt described Reception at Greenwich Speech of Menin Reply of the Queen Memorial of the Envoys Discussions with the Ministers Second Speech of the Queen Third Speech of the Queen
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