Charles Louis rules Austria-Hungary; his cousin,
your friend Francis, is not of kingly proportions. I advise you to cable
the amiable Durand of a dissolution of partnership. It is now too late
for you to call at Judge Claiborne's, and I shall trouble you to walk on
down the road for ten minutes. If you look round or follow me, I shall
certainly turn you into something less attractive than a pillar of salt.
You do well to consult your watch--forward!"
Armitage pointed down the road with his riding-crop. As Chauvenet walked
slowly away, swinging his stick, Armitage turned toward the hotel. The
shadow of night was enfolding the hills, and it was quite dark when he
found Oscar and the horses.
He mounted, and they rode through the deepening April dusk, up the
winding trail that led out of Storm Valley.
CHAPTER XV
SHIRLEY LEARNS A SECRET
Nightingales warble about it
All night under blossom and star;
The wild swan is dying without it,
And the eagle crieth afar;
The sun, he doth mount but to find it
Searching the green earth o'er;
But more doth a man's heart mind it--
O more, more, more!
--G.
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