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"I'll talk to you if you like," Do at the clock and hastily ordering a whisky and soda "I will begin by telling you this," he added, lowering his tone "I have discovered the greatest danger I shall have to face during my enterprise"

"What is that?"

"A woman--the Princess Eiderstroars and threw one of his short, fat legs over the other He gazed for a moment with an air of satisfaction at his small foot, neatly encased in court shoes

"You surprise me," he confessed "I have considered the reat difficulty"

"Then youyour eyes to it willfully," Donorant of the Princess's temperament and disposition"

"I believe I appreciate both," Seaman replied, "but I still do not see any peculiar difficulty in the situation As an English nobleht to enjoy the friendship of the Princess Eiderstroht you were a ht you understood a little of huarian born and bred Even race has never taught her self-restraint You don't seriously suppose that after all these years, after all she has suffered--and she has suffered--she is going to be content with an emasculated form of friendship? I talk to you without reserve, Sea to be content with nothing of the sort"

"What takes place between you in private," Seaan-"Rubbish!" his companion interrupted "The Princess is an iood deal of the wild animal in her still Plots or political necessities are not likely to count a snap of the fingers with her"

"But surely," Seaman protested, "she reat work?"

Dominey shook his head

"She is not a Gerreat arians, I think she rather dislikes Germany and Germans Her only concern is the personal question between us She considers that every moment of the rest of my life should be devoted to her"

"Perhaps it is as well," Seao down to- must be done to pacify her"