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"I have not coan "There is one

s

"Will your Ee me with a history of the affection of Maria

Vittoria, Mlle de Caprara, for the King?"

The Cardinal uncrossed his legs and bounced in his chair

"Here is a question indeed!" he stuttered

"And a history of the King's response to it," continued Wogan,

iers in Spain

after the Cadiz expedition has put out to sea"

Origo was now quite still His face was pale, and he had lost in an

instant that air of affectation which so contrasted with his broad

features

"This is very dangerous talk," said he, soleerous as silence"

"Some foolish slanderer has been busy at your ears"

"Not at"Is it so, indeed?" said he,

thoughtfully, once or twice Then he reached out his hand towards an

escritoire "But here's the King's letter coan, "for the King lingers in Spain, and the