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But stop this babble of yours about
democracy. _Do something for Austria_--for the Empire that I have held
here under my hand these difficult years--then take your name again--and
you will find that kings can be as just and wise as mobs."
"For the Empire--something for the Empire?" murmured the young man,
wondering.
Count Ferdinand von Stroebel rose.
"You will accept the commission--I am quite sure you will accept. I leave
on an early train, and I shall not see you again." As he took Armitage's
hand he scrutinized him once more with particular care; there was a
lingering caress in his touch as he detained the young man for an
instant; then he sighed heavily.
"Good night; good-by!" he said abruptly, and waved his caller toward the
door.


CHAPTER II
THE CLAIBORNES, OF WASHINGTON
--the Englishman who is not an Englishman and therefore doubly
incomprehensible.--_The Naulahka_.

The girl with the white-plumed hat started and flushed slightly, and her
brother glanced over his shoulder toward the restaurant door to see what
had attracted her attention.
"'Tis he, the unknown, Dick.


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