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"And the Adriatic," interrupted a man from Tessin. "Don't forget the Ticino, which is a tributary to the largest river of Italy, the mighty Po . ..." "Bravo! That's better still! Three cheers for the St. Gotthard, the great Germany, the free Italy, and the new France!" It was a great night, following a great day. On the following morning Andrea called at the Engineering Offices.
The Valais, which, although not forming part of Switzerland, still retained a sort of nominal independence, was formally incorporated with France; the canton of Tessin was, as arbitrarily, occupied by French troops, an immense quantity of British goods was confiscated, the press was placed under the strictest censorship, the Erzaehler of Muller- Friedeberg, the only remaining Swiss newspaper of liberal tendency, was suppressed, while Zschokke unweariedly lauded Napoleon to the skies as the regenerator of the liberties of Switzerland and as the savior of the world.
Bon chat, bon rat; we are not made of jelly. Tessin, see to Knightley." The two men withdrew. Major Shackleton scribbled a note and despatched it to Sir Palmes Fairborne, the Lieutenant-Governor. Scrope took a turn or two across the room while the Major was writing the news which Knightley had brought.
Tessin sprang up from his chair, and half crossed the room. The stranger took an uncertain step forward. His legs rattled as he moved, and Wyley saw that the links of broken fetters were twisted about his ankles. "Have two years made so vast a difference?" he asked. "Well, they were years of the bastinado, and I do not wonder." Tessin peered into his face. "By God, it is!" he exclaimed.
The young man, I must note, was the most amiable of Ticinese; though he wore no buttons he was attached to the diligence in some amateurish capacity, and had an eye to the mail-bags and other valuables in the boot. I grumbled at Berne over the want of soft curves in the Swiss temperament; but the children of the tangled Tessin are cast in the Italian mould.
He parted the robe as he spoke, and showed that underneath he wore only a coarse sack which reached to his knees, with a hole cut in it for his head. "True, you have worn the chains too long," said the Major. "I should have had them knocked off before, but " he paused for a second, "but your coming so surprised me that of a truth I forgot," he continued lamely. Then he turned to Tessin.
I know there is a hell-fire, but it can only be found in a man's conscience! Now go and enter at once upon your duties; in two hours I will receive Count Tessin in the palace at Berlin." Pollnitz made the three customary bows and left the room. The king gazed after him contemptuously. "He is a finished scoundrel!"
They took their hats and followed Captain Tessin down the stairs. A third time the bell spoke, and the strokes were thirty. "Ah!" said Knightley, "that's for the Tangier Foot. Well, good luck to you, Major!" and he passed through the door. "A moment, Knightley. The regiment first. You wear Ensign Barbour's uniform. You must do more than wear his uniform. The regiment first."
"But what would you, sir? we all, brothers and sisters, are responsible for that. You must know that she is our favorite, and is always indulged. I counsel you not to find fault with our little sister, Count Tessin; that would be to bring an accusation against us all. You have suffered to-day from a shower of her April moods; to-morrow you may rejoice in the sunshine of her favor."
"Ah! your highness is pleased to think better of my fatherland," said Tessin, bowing low to Ulrica. "It is true, Sweden is rich in beauty, and nowhere is nature more romantic or more lovely. The Swedes love their country passionately, and, like the Swiss, they die of homesickness when banished from her borders.
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