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It is the way of my country, as I dare say you know. Mr. Rowley looked blank. 'But you're just as much a Viscount as Mr. Powl's, are you not? he said. 'As Mr. Powl's Viscount? said I, laughing. 'Oh, keep your mind easy, Mr. Rowley's is every bit as good. Only, you see, as I am of the younger line, I bear my Christian name along with the title. Alain is the Viscount; I am the Viscount Anne.
'Now, Rowley, hold up your right hand and repeat the words of the oath after me, said I, laying the despatch-box on the table. 'Strike me blue if I ever disclose to Mr. Powl, or Mr. Powl's Viscount, or anything that is Mr. Powl's, not to mention Mr. Rowley's Viscount. So be it. Amen. He took the oath with the same exaggerated seriousness as I gave it to him.
Anne. You may be certain the Count would never do nothing by 'alf: fires kep' burning; the finest of clothes ordered, I'm sure, and a body-servant being trained a-purpose." "Well," said I, "it's a good fire, and a good set-out of clothes; and what a valet, Mr. Rowley! And there's one thing to be said for my cousin I mean for Mr. Powl's Viscount he has a very fair figure."
It is the way of my country, as I dare say you know." Mr. Rowley looked blank. "But you're just as much a Viscount as Mr. Powl's, are you not?" he said. "As Mr. Powl's Viscount?" said I, laughing. "O, keep your mind easy, Mr. Rowley's is every bit as good. Only, you see, as I am of the younger line, I bear my Christian name along with the title. Alain is the Viscount; I am the Viscount Anne.
You may be certain the Count would never do nothing by 'alf: fires kep' burning; the finest of clothes ordered, I'm sure, and a body- servant being trained a-purpose. 'Well, said I, 'it's a good fire, and a good set-out of clothes; and what a valet, Mr. Rowley! And there's one thing to be said for my cousin I mean for Mr. Powl's Viscount he has a very fair figure.
"Now, Rowley, hold up your right hand and repeat the words of the oath after me," said I, laying the despatch-box on the table. "Strike me blue if I ever disclose to Mr. Powl, or Mr. Powl's Viscount, or anything that is Mr. Powl's, not to mention Mr. Rowley's Viscount. So be it. Amen." He took the oath with the same exaggerated seriousness as I gave it to him.
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