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Updated: July 4, 2025
Princess Delgrado seemed to be profoundly disquieted, while Beliani and Marulitch strove, not altogether with success, to carry themselves with the indifference that cloaks uneasiness. Alec turned again to the window and looked out. A carriage drove into the courtyard and, though its occupant was invisible, he guessed rightly that Stampoff had not failed him.
It was the knowledge of the truth that drove that dear girl, Joan Vernon, from Delgratz this evening, because General Stampoff would not scruple to reveal the imposture if he failed to secure the King's adherence to his projects." "God's bones!" broke in Stampoff. "I made him King, though I was aware from the day of your wedding that he was not Michael's son.
And, indeed, one might reasonably ask who empowered you to make them?" "God's bones! who should speak for Kosnovia if not I?" "Your patriotism has never been questioned, General," said Alec with a friendly smile; but Stampoff was not to be placated, being of the fiery type of reformer who refuses to listen to any opinion that runs counter to his own. He too rose and faced the Council.
If you have to hit, hit hard and quickly." Stampoff did not speak English. He was greatly distressed that Alec should have been recognized the instant he alighted from the train, though Paris was then twenty-two hours distant. "Who is that?" he asked anxiously. "A friend from the British Embassy." "From an Embassy! Then we are lost." "It seemed to me that I was found, rather."
"A serious position has undoubtedly arisen," he said blandly. "His Majesty did not see his way clear to adopt certain recommendations put forward by his Ministers to-day, by myself, I may say, acting on behalf of my colleagues," and he coughed deferentially, "and General Stampoff took an active part in the debate. He set forth his views with er what I considered to be er unnecessary vehemence.
Once in the room he closed the door, stood with his back to it, and gasped at Stampoff with one word: "Now!" "As soon as you like. I am famished. I ate but little en route, because I detest German cooking," said Stampoff, on whom Alec's methods were taking effect. "But " "Ah, you wonder why his Majesty should appear without ceremony?
"One cannot judge the conditions that hold good to-day by those which existed twenty-five years ago," said Stampoff gravely. "When Prince Michael married you, madame, he was an exile; but Alexis is the reigning King, and he will offend his people mortally if he brings in a foreigner to share his throne." Princess Delgrado was bewildered by this sudden attack.
Beliani was stroking his nose; Stampoff evidently meant to shorten his mustache by inches; and Julius Marulitch was waxen, and thereby rendered more than ever like a clothier's model. Alec was a dutiful son. There were elements in the composition of the senior Delgrado that he did not admire; but he had never before suspected his father of cowardice.
In the reception room he wrote a hasty note to Stampoff: MY DEAR PAUL: The legitimate King of Kosnovia and his heir apparent, not contented with the arrangement entered into in your presence, planned with Beliani a coup d'état. I defeated it. You will find all three in my bedroom, the key of which I inclose. They are alive and well, and will stop there until it pleases you to release them.
Alec and she are devoted to each other, and I am sure she will be popular, for she is the type of woman who will take her position as Queen seriously." "She is admirable in every respect," interrupted Stampoff; "but she suffers from one defect that outweighs all her virtues, she is not a Serb." "Nor am I," said the Princess quickly; "yet no one seems to find fault with the King on that ground."
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