After encountering various hardships and privations for a long time, during which he had no means of communicating with England, he, at length, found his way to Paris, where he was taken notice of by Cardinal Dubois, who employed him as one of his secretaries, and subsequently advanced to the service of Philip of Orleans, from whom he received a commission. To his consternation, she was holding an unwieldy, ugly-looking pistol, all wood and tarnished steel, with both hands about the butt. “I think,” he said, “that you have found the real home of the lotus-eaters. ‘Except Captain Roding,’ agreed the old lady, nodding at the butler. “I’ve been through all that,” she went on, after a pause. ‘Is it worth it?’ he asked at last. The clever hostess having let fall that several distinguished guests from France would be present, the world had flocked to her doors to catch, like the gossip-hungry vultures they were, a glimpse of them. He addressed her by that title, and something in the tone disturbed her. Now I’d like the rest of your story. As Mrs. ‘What do you think?’ ‘What do I think?’ repeated Captain Roding. , LIMITED LONDON AND MELBOURNE MADE IN ENGLAND Printed in Great Britain by C.
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