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There is every excuse for him. He wanted very much to understand the Emperor's position; and Steinwitz had already heard possibly believed the story of the sale of Salissa. "What on earth has the Emperor got to do with it?" said Gorman. "Megalia is an independent state, isn't it?" Steinwitz laughed. "Very few states," he said, "are independent of the Emperor."
Were there any other bits of paper on that floor?" "There were," said Phillips, "but I didn't pick them up. I intended to next day. But they were gone. The floor had been swept." "Oh! Who swept the floor?" "Smith. I saw him doing it." "Now who," said Gorman, "is Smith?" "Smith! He was steward on the Ida. Mr. Steinwitz sent him on board just before we sailed.
I told you, Gorman, that she would be desolate, but you would not believe. Yet it was so. Steinwitz said, 'No. You cannot go with the King. But she was more than too much, she was the equal of Steinwitz. She told him all she thought of him. It was much." "I don't like Steinwitz," said Gorman, "but what I know of Madame's conduct in moments of strong emotion I'm inclined to pity the man."
He advised the King to enjoy himself as much as he could in Paris and to spend his money before it was taken from him. He added a postscript. "If the Emperor sends a man called von Moll to negotiate with you a sort of naval officer who likes giving orders ask him whether he had many casualties in his last sea battle." His next letter was to Steinwitz.
You will see that a cabin is prepared for him, and tell Captain Wilson, with my compliments, that Mr. Gorman is to be made as comfortable as possible. If there are any particular directions you'd like to give, Mr. Gorman " "I prefer Irish to Scotch," said Gorman, "but I don't insist on it." "Irish? Scotch?" said Steinwitz. "Ah, yes, whisky, of course. Make a note of that, if you please, Mr.
Gorman, himself a clever man, found it difficult to believe that another clever man Steinwitz certainly had brains of a sort could possibly be such an idiot as to practise melodrama, spies, secret reports and all the rest of it, quite seriously.
Head stuffed full of silly fancies." Steinwitz' eyes were on Gorman all the time he was speaking. Gorman says he felt very uncomfortable, but I am sure he did not show it. "I scarcely know the girl," said Gorman. "What did old Donovan want with you?" "Wanted to charter a steamer, captain, crew and all, one of our boats.
The major domo only agreed to go on board when he was given the cabin originally intended for Miss Daisy. She occupied that which had been allotted to a kitchen-maid, one of the deserters. Steinwitz and Gorman, who saw the party off, induced the other ten servants to go on board, apologizing humbly to them and explaining that the cabins in the Ida had necessarily been very hurriedly made.
"In this case," said Steinwitz, "her story was a ridiculous one, absurd on the face of it. She said that the American girl wants to set up as a monarch and that Konrad Karl had sold her the right to call herself Queen of Salissa." "Either Goldsturmer was pulling your leg," said Gorman, "or Madame was pulling his. Was she trying to get anything out of him?" "Pearls," said Steinwitz.
The presence of a third person might have saved Gorman some awkwardness. Steinwitz was insistent and determined. He laid hold on Gorman before lunch and clung to him until they sat down together. "You remember asking me," said Steinwitz "let me see, it must have been a couple of months ago you remember asking me for information about Megalia." "Did I?" said Gorman.
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