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As he had not as yet had the pleasure of being introduced to the countess, although he had often heard her spoken of in the first society, O'Donahue did not fail in his appointment, as he considered that it was possible that the Princess Czartorinski might be connected with it; nor was he deceived, for on his entering the saloon, he found the princess sitting on the sofa with Madame Erhausen, a young and pretty woman, not more than twenty-five years of age.
"I wish she had not been a princess," said O'Donahue, throwing himself on the sofa. "That's nothing at all here," replied McShane. "A princess is to be had. Now, if she had been a general it would have been all up with you. Military rank is everything here, as Dimitri says." "She's an angel," replied O'Donahue, with a sigh.
McShane did so; and O'Donahue, after a little thought, replied, "Well, I don't know: perhaps it's all for the best; for you see I must have trusted somebody, and the difficulty would have been to know whom to trust, for everybody belongs to the police here, I believe: I think, myself, the fellow is honest; at all events, I can make it worth his while to be so."
We must allow the day to pass away; during which Emma and our hero, McShane and Mary, were sitting together; tears of misery wiped away tears of joy still flowing and glistening with the radiance of intermingled smiles. The next morning McShane and O'Donahue arrived, the Secretary of State had given immediate orders for our hero's release, and they had brought the document with them.
"Nothing will give me greater pleasure; and it will be a satisfaction to feel that I shall gain instead of losing by the intended marriage." "By the powers! but I will remind him of this, some day or another," thought O'Donahue. "Haven't I his permission to the marriage, and to remain in the country?" Everything was now ripe for the execution of the plot.
His coachman, whose name was Athenasis, had the largest beard in Saint Petersburg; Joey was the smallest tiger; Dimitri, one of the tallest and handsomest yagers. Altogether, Captain O'Donahue had laid out his money well; and on a fine, sunny day he set off to present his letters to the English ambassador and other parties.
"We have seen the party, but he has not made that statement," replied O'Donahue; "but do you pretend to deny it?" "I am not aware upon what grounds you have thought proper to come here to interrogate me," replied Austin. "Supposing that I had a son, and that son has as you say been guilty of the deed, it certainly is no concern of yours."
"I was amused; for I was thinking of the good-humoured face of Mrs McShane, which was much better than being in high company, and forgetting her entirely. Let me alone for amusing myself after my own fashion, O'Donahue, and that's all I wish. I suppose you have heard nothing in your travels about your Powlish princess?"
The five wolves now came up; the first two were brought down by the guns of McShane and Joey, and O'Donahue killed a third from the carriage windows. One of the others advanced furiously, and sprang upon the horse which the courier was cutting free.
"Mr Austin," said O'Donahue, "we have ventured to call upon you upon an affair of some importance: as Mr Austin, we have not the pleasure of your acquaintance, but we were formerly, if I mistake not, serving his majesty in the same regiment."
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