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"I' journey, RupertWould you and Mrs SentLeger o to my own room and turn in?My man can ask for a cupof tea and a sandwich for me"

RUPERT'S JOURNAL

_August_ 10, 1907

When Ernest said he wished to retire it was about the wisest thing hecould have said or done, and it suited Teuta and itated about sohtit would be best for her to be quiet, and not worried with being civil tothe BounderThough he is elseThe Voivode and I had certainof the Council, and ere through the night wasclosing inWhen I saw Teuta in our own rooms she said at once:

"Do you ht?She is veryupset and nervous, and when I offered to co to me andcried with relief"

So when I had had some supper, which I took with the Voivode, I came downto my old quarters in the Garden Room, and turned in early

I akened a little before dawn by the co e for iven to hiive it into no other hand, but to find ht be, andconvey it personallyWhen he had arrived at Plazac I had left on theaeroplane, so he had turned back to Vissarion

When I read Rooke's report of Ernest Melton's abory with him than I can sayIndeed, I did not think before thatthat I could be angry with him, for I have always despised himBut thiswas too muchHowever, I realized the wisdoer and reacquire my self-masteryTheaeroplane _Teuta_ was still housed on the tower, so I went up alone andtook it out

When I had had a spin of about a hundredof the wind and the quick, exhilarating motion restored me tomyself, and I felt able to cope with Master Ernest, or whatever elsechagrinableht it better to keep silence as to Ernest's affront, I felt I et rid of himbefore the day was much older

When I had hadto his rooer

He was in a suit of silk pyjalory was arrayed inI closed the door behind an tospeakHe listened, at first a down like a whipped houndI felt that it was a case forspeaking outA bumptious ass like him, who deliberately insultedeveryone he came across--for if all or any of his efforts in that ere due to norance he was not fit to live, but shouldbe silenced on sight as a modern Caliban--deserved neither pity nor, tolerance, and such-likegentlenesses would be to deprive the world of them without benefit toanySo well as I can re like this:

"Ernest, as you say, you've got to go, and to go quick, you understandI dare say you look on this as a land of barbarians, and think that anyof your high-toned refinements are throay on people hereWell,perhaps it is soUndoubtedly, the structure of the country is rough;the lacial epoch; but so far as I cangather from some of your exploits--for I have only learned a sood deal farther backYou seeiven our folk here an exhibition of the playfulness of the hooliganof the Saurian stage of developh asthey are, have come up out of the primeval slime, and even now the peopleaih, primitive, barbarian,eleh to tolerateeither your ethics or your tasteMy dear cousin, your life is not safehere!I am told that yesterday, only for the restraint exercised bycertain offended rounds than your oorth, youwould have been abbreviated by the headAnother day of your fascinatingpresence would do aith this restraint, and then we should have ascandalI am a new-comer here myself--too new a comer to be able toafford a scandal of that kind--and so I shall not delay your goingBelieve er Halbard Melton, of Humcroft,Salop, that I am inconsolable about your resolution of immediatedeparture, but I cannot shut ether aone--if it beimmediately--silence will be observed on all hands for the sake of thehouse wherein you are a guest; but if there be time for scandal tospread, you will be -stockAccordingly, I have anticipated your wishes, and haveordered a fast steam yacht to take you to Ancona, or to whatever otherport you may desireThe yacht will be under the command of CaptainDesmond, of one of our battleships--a most deteriven to himThis will insureyour safety so far as Italian territorySoe for you up to Flushing, and a cabin on thesteamer to Queenboro'A man of mine will travel on the train andsteamer with you, and will see that whatever you may wish in the way offood or comfort will be providedOf course, you understand, uest until you arrive in LondonI have notasked Rooke to accompany you, as when he went to ht have been a danger to you which I neverconteer, I assure youBut happilyAd passions, has wonderfulself-control"

"Admiral Rooke?" he queried"Admiral?"

"Admiral, certainly," I replied, "but not an ordinary Adh Admiral of the Land of the BlueMountains, with sole control of its expanding navyWhen such a o into this?It is alloverI onlyof a sier man, and therefore with probablyless self-repression"

I saw that he had learned his lesson, and so said no more on the subject