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Carl Perousse, one of the most prominent among the political notabilities of Europe, had begun his career by small peddling transactions in iron and timber manufactures; he came of a very plebeian stock, and had received only a desultory sort of education, picked up here and there in cheap provincial schools. But he had a restless, domineering spirit of ambition.
And to prove my good faith, I undertake to set about working for you without a day's delay; and towards this object, I give you my word that before our next meeting something shall be done to shake the political stronghold of Carl Perousse!" Sergius Thord sprang up excitedly.
"If I did not there might be trouble!" Perousse looked at him sharply, but seeing the wooden-like impassiveness of his countenance, forced a smile. "There might indeed!" he said; "Your tact and discretion, General, do much to keep the city quiet. But this affair of Pasquin Leroy is a private matter." "Distinctly so!" agreed Bernhoff quietly; "I hold the position entirely!"
Cool, brilliant in wording, concise in statement, cuttingly correct in facts, convincing in argument, his unexpected denouncement of Carl Perousse, and the Perousse 'majority, swept the Government off their feet by its daring courage, and still more daring veracity.
"One favour I have to ask of you," proceeded the King, "and it is this: If you exempt me to-night from killing the King;" and he smiled, "you must also exempt all the members of the Revolutionary Committee from any similar task allotted to them by having drawn the fatal Signal! Our friend, Zouche, for instance, has drawn the name of Carl Perousse.
To-night they threatened to burn down these buildings over our heads, to sack and destroy the King's Palace. The Socialist leader, Thord, alone saved the situation." "With the aid of his mistress?" suggested Perousse with a sneer. "You mean the woman they call Lotys? I am not aware that she is his mistress. I should rather doubt it. The people would not make such a saint of her if she were.
"Perfectly," replied Bernhoff, accepting the note handed to him; "If he is to be discovered, I shall not fail to discover him!" "And when you think you are on the track, let me have information at once," went on Perousse; "But be well on your guard, and let no one learn the object of your pursuit. Keep your own counsel!" "I always do!" returned Bernhoff bluntly.
I have always wished, " and there was a tinge of pathos in his voice "my descendants to hold a certain pride in my career!" Perousse looked at him with grim amusement. "It is a curious and unpleasant fact that the 'descendants' of these days do not care a button for their ancestors," he said; "They generally try to forget them as fast as possible. The descendants of Wellington?
"Including your large land purchases and contract concessions in the very country you propose war with," put in the Marquis, "Say that he knew you had resolved on war, and had already started a company for the fabrication of the guns and other armaments, out of which you get the principal pickings what then?" "What then?" echoed Perousse defiantly "Why nothing!
With a brief nod of dismissal he turned away, inviting Sir Walter Langton to accompany him, and there was nothing more for the Marquis to do, save to return even as he had come, with two pieces of information puzzling his brain, one, that the King's 'veto' had stopped a declaration of war, unless, which was a very remote contingency, he and his party could persuade the people to go against the King, the other, that some clever spy, with the assistance of a fraudulent imitation of his signet-ring, had become aware of the financial interests involved in a private speculation depending on the intended war, which included himself, Carl Perousse, and two or three other members of the Ministry.
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