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I would see that he paid his respects to all the charming ladies who were ready to welcome him." Mr. Foley laughed softly. "What a marvellous mixture you would make, you two!" he observed. "Your prose and Maraton's eloquence, your philosophy and his tenacity. So you won't come? Well, I am disappointed." "We go to see a friend of mine," Selingman announced.
You had better come with me, Aaron. Selingman will see Julia back." They watched him depart. Julia sighed as he passed through the door. "I can read your thoughts," Selingman said quickly. "You are feeling, are you not, that to-night his leaving us has in it something allegorical.
There was no doubt that in her strange, quiet way she was beautiful. As he sat and looked at her, his thoughts travelled back to the little garden, the sheltered corner under the trees, the curious sense of relaxation which in that short hour Selingman had inspired. Was the man indeed right, his philosophy sound? Was there indeed wisdom in the loosening of the bonds?
Selingman held his glass of yellow wine up to the light and criticised it for a moment. He set it down empty. "Peculiar," he explained, "inasmuch as you might seem to be working with Germany, whereas you were really England's best friend. But let us leave these details until to-morrow. We have talked enough of serious matters.
Supposing that France were willing to bury the hatchet with Germany, to remain neutral or to place Calais at Germany's disposal. Even then, do you suppose, Herr Selingman, that it would be an easy matter to destroy the British Navy?" "We have our plans," Selingman declared solemnly. "We know very well that they can be carried out only at a great loss both of men and ships.
Selingman withdrew his cigar from his mouth and laid his hand upon the other's shoulder. "My dear friend," he said earnestly, "your safe conduct, if ever I signed it, would be to the other world. Frankly, we find you rather a nuisance.
It will be your business, if you accept my offer, to collect such facts as may be useful to us." "I see," Norgate remarked dubiously, "or rather I don't see at all. Give me an example of the sort of facts you require." Mr. Selingman leaned a little forward in his chair. He was warming to his subject. "By all means. There is the Irish question, then." "The Irish question," Norgate repeated.
It is an affair, this, worth considering. What do you pay, Monsieur le Gros, and for how long do you wish him out of the way?" "The pay," Selingman announced, "is two hundred louis, and the man must be in hospital for at least a fortnight." Draconmeyer leaned suddenly forward. His eyes were bright, his hands gripped the table. "Listen!" he whispered in Coulois' ear.
But for me, it is dull. Monsieur l'Anglais shall talk with me, and you may hear all the secrets that Alice has to tell. We," she murmured, looking up at Norgate, "will speak of other things, is it not so?" For a moment Selingman hesitated. Norgate would have moved on with a little farewell nod, but Selingman's companions were insistent.
This is another friend of mine whom I think that you have not met Mr. Francis Norgate, Mr. Selingman. Mr. Norgate has just arrived from Berlin, too." For a single moment the newcomer seemed to lose his Cheeryble-like expression. The glance which he flashed upon Norgate contained other elements besides those of polite pleasure. He was himself again, however, almost instantly.
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