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"Well, Cadbury Taylor said that you Oh, I'll warrant you, it is like all the rest of his statements, pure moonshine." "Of whom are you speaking? And why did my wife protect that wretch whom she knows has stolen her diamonds?" "You mean von Schaumberg?" "Yes."
The father hasn't the slightest idea that there can be anything wrong with his daughter. It is probable the Princess has written some libellous statements about her husband, and it is quite likely the Prince is a brute and that young von Schaumberg is a most charming person."
She wrote to her father with great indignation about the Prince's unjust suspicions, saying von Schaumberg was a gentleman in every sense of the word. I gather that relations between herself and her husband are somewhat strained, so I imagine there is much more in this matter than the lost diamonds." "You imagine, then, that she is shielding the Lieutenant?" "Candidly, I do."
Lieutenant von Schaumberg, and the Prince knew that this young man was being hard pressed for some debts of honour which he did not appear to be in a position to liquidate. The young man went unexpectedly to Vienna the day after the ball, and on his return settled his obligations. The Princess, from one of her women, got word of her husband's suspicion.
Now, madame, I am ready to swear that the Prince has never said anything to me that did not show his deep love for you, and if you had overheard us, you would not need me to tell you so. He thinks that you have a fancy for that idiot von Schaumberg not that I ever saw the poor man; but he is bound to be an idiot, or the Prince wouldn't be jealous of him.
"What do you want me to do?" "I want you to bring to me any letters written by by " "Written by von Schaumberg," cried the girl, noticing his hesitation and filling in the blank. A red wave of anger surged up in the Prince's face. "Yes," he cried; "bring me a letter to her from von Schaumberg, and I'll pay you what you ask." The girl laughed.
"Prince," she said, "you will excuse me if I call you a fool. There are no letters from von Schaumberg, and I have gone through the whole of the correspondence." "What, then, suggested the name von Schaumberg to you? Where did you ever hear it before?" "I heard that you suspected him of stealing the diamonds." "And so he did, the cowardly thief.
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