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Why, I even heard last night that we were in Ostend. It's all a rig, of course. Stenson wants to gain time." "Who opened these negotiations with Freistner?" Julian asked. "Fenn. He met him at the Geneva Conference, the year before the war. I met him, too, but I didn't see so much of him. He's a fine fellow, Julian as unlike the typical German as any man you ever met." "He's honest, I suppose?"
And I, too, was happy. Something new and fresh and bright has come into my life. Stenson is an admirable servant; but his impassive face and correct salute which have hitherto greeted me at London railway termini, although suggestive of material comfort, cannot be said to invest my arrival with a special atmosphere of charm. Carlotta's welcome has been a new sensation.
The Inspector's conception of Stenson expanded into an apotheosis. He paid him deference. His pen wrote greedily every syllable the inspired creature uttered. When the fount of inspiration ran dry, Stenson turned to me with his imperturbable, profoundly respectful air. "Shall I return home, Sir Marcus, or have you any further need of my service?" I bade him go home. He withdrew.
"Orden," Mr. Stenson replied sternly, "I did not come to you to-night as a politician. I have spoken as a man and an Englishman, as I speak to you now. For the love of your country and her honour, use your influence with these people. Stop those telegrams. Work for delay at any cost. There's something inexplicable, sinister, about the whole business.
They shook hands and exchanged for a moment the usual inanities. "Tell me, Mr. Stenson," the Bishop asked earnestly, "what is the meaning of all this Press talk, about peace next month? I have heard a hint that it was inspired." "You are wrong," was the firm reply. "I have sent my private secretary around to a few of the newspapers this morning.
As soon as she saw my face at the carriage window she left Stenson and flew up the platform like a pretty tame animal, and when I alighted hung on my arms and frisked and gamboled around me in excess of joy. "So you are glad to have me back, Carlotta?" I asked, as we were driving home. She sidled up against me in her terrier fashion. "Oh, ye-es," she cooed. "The day was night without you."
"And Stenson. No one seeing Stenson could doubt the irreproachable propriety of his master." "I really have no patience with you," said Judith. It is hopeless to discuss Carlotta with her. I shall do it no more. We sat for a while under the trees, and conversed on rational topics. She likes her employment with Willoughby.
Hannaway Wells remained standing upon the hearthrug. "Straight into the heart of it, please, Orden," Mr. Stenson begged. "Let us know how far this accursed conspiracy has gone." "It has gone to very great lengths," Julian declared. "Certain members of this newly-formed Council of Labour have been in communication for some months with the Socialist Party in Germany.
This was undertaken at the sapient instigation of Antoinette, who in her turn, I am sure, neglected the ladle for the scissors, and cast many of her duties upon the silent but sympathetic Stenson. Carlotta herself delighted in these preparations. She would eat and sew industriously. Sometimes she would press too hard on a sweetmeat and with a little cry would hold up a sticky finger and thumb.
Victor looked across the office at his most prized possession, the big globe of Zarathustra that Henry Stenson had built for him, supported six feet from the floor on its own contragravity unit, spotlighted in orange to represent the KO sun, its two satellites circling about it as it revolved slowly.
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