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During the time of Robespierre he is said to have caused the murder of his elder brother and younger sister; the former he denounced to appropriate to himself his wealth, and the latter he accused of fanaticism, because she refused to cohabit with him. He daily boasts of the great protection and great friendship of Talleyrand. 'Qualis rex, talis grex'. PARIS, September, 1805.
"He has never set eyes upon it, monsieur, save to try and single it out with his field-glasses from the balcony of the villa." "And he is to board it to-night?" "At ten o'clock to-night, monsieur, it is to lie off the Villa Mimosa. A pinnace is to fetch Mr. Grex and his friends on board from the private landing-stage of the Villa Mimosa." Hunterleys nodded thoughtfully.
Richard rose to his feet promptly. He had never been so pleased in all his life to welcome his sister. "Flossie," he exclaimed, "I'm ever so glad you came along! I want to present Miss Grex to you. This is my sister, Miss Fedora Lady Weybourne. I was just going to ask Miss Grex to have some tea with me," he went on, "but I am not sure that she would have considered it proper.
I must confess, however, that taking every known consideration into account, I can find no other distribution of powers so reasonable or so favourable to my country." Mr. Grex nodded. "I find no fault with any word of what you have said," he declared, "except that yours is simply the superficial and obvious idea of the man in the street as to the course of the next probable war.
That is if I am justified in asking." "What would you not be justified in asking? Do you not know that I would tell you every secret of my heart, if my heart had a secret? It seems that I have given up what was to have been my fortune. There was a claim of L12,000 on Grex. But I have abandoned it." "And there is nothing?" "There will be scrapings they tell me, unless Percival refuses to agree.
You should take shame to say that." "I do take shame; and I do say it. Sir, do you not feel what you owe me? Do you not know that you have made me the wretch I am? How did you dare to talk to me as you did talk when you were in London? You tell me that I am Lady Mabel Grex; and yet you come to me with a lie on your lips, with such a lie as that!
"None at all," Richard declared. "I don't know what your objection to me is, but I hope you'll get over it some day. I'd like to make friends with you. Perhaps, later on, you may look at the matter differently." "Later on?" Mr. Grex murmured. "When I have married your daughter," Richard concluded, marching defiantly away. Mr. Grex watched the young man until he had disappeared in the crowd.
Even at this moment," Draconmeyer went on, lowering his voice, "he is trying to persuade Hunterleys to let him come over to us." "The young man," Mr. Grex said deliberately, "is ignorant. If necessary, he must be taught his lesson." Selingman intervened. He breathed a heavy sigh. "Well," he observed, "I perceive that the task at which we have hinted is to fall upon my shoulders.
But to-night," he added, taking another huge bite from his sandwich, "to-night nothing of that sort is intended. Draconmeyer and I have an idea. Mr. Grex is favourably inclined towards it. That idea isn't a bit of good to ourselves or any one else unless Monsieur Douaille here shares our point of view. Here we are, then, all met together let us hope for a week or two's enjoyment.
We are spied upon at the Villa Mimosa, we are made fools of on board this yacht. No more unofficial meetings for me!" "Quite right, old fellow," Richard declared, as they passed out and on to the deck. "Set of wrong 'uns, those chaps, even though Mr. Grex is a Grand Duke. You know Sir Henry Hunterleys, don't you?"
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