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dauntless like a very strong man
irined
Well I think I am a model wife
rhe said to give in meekly to your
tyranny to go and bury myself in the
heart of Russia in the middle of win
ter By the way we must buy some
furs that will be rather exciting But
you must not expect me to be very in
timate with your Russian friends I
am not quite sure that I like Russians
she went toward him laying her two
hands gently on his broad breast and
looking up at him not quite sure
especially Russian princes who bully
their wives You may kiss me how
ever but be very careful Now I must
go and finish dressing We shall be
late as it is
She gathered together her fan and
gloves for she had petulantly dragged
off a pair which did not fit
And you will ask Maggie to come
with us she said
He held open the door for her to pass
out gravely polite even to his wife
this old fashioned man
Yes he answered but why do you
want me to ask her
Because I want her to come
CHAPTER XV
HE ball to which Paul and Etta
were going was managed by
some titled ladies who knew
their business well The price
of the tickets was fabulous The suc
cess of the ball was therefore a fore
gone conclusion In French fiction
there is Invariably a murmur of ap
plause when the heroine enters a room
full of people but there was no ap
plause when Paul and Etta made their
appearance That lady had neverthe
less the satisfaction of perceiving
glances not only of admiration but of
interest and even of disapproval
among her own sex
To Paul this ball was much like oth
ers There were a number of the
friends of his youth tall clean fea
tured clean limbed men with a tend
ency -toward length and spareness
who greeted him almost affectionately
Some of them introduced him to their
wives and sisters which ladies duly
set him down as nice but dull a form
of faint praise which failed to damn
There were a number of ladies to
whom It was necessary for him to bow
in acknowledgment of past favors
which had missed their mark
And all the while Karl Steinmetz
was storming in his guttural English
at the door upbraiding hired waiters
for their stupidity in accepting two
literal facts literally The one fact
was that they were forbidden to admit
any one without a ticket the second
fact being that tickets were not to be
obtained at the price of either one or
the other of the two great motives of
man love or money
Steinmetz was Teutonic and impos
ing with the ribbon of a great order
on his breast He mentioned the names
of several ladies who might have been
butwere not of the committee Final-
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ly however he mentioned the historic
name of one whose husband had brav
ed more than one Russian emperor
successfully for Enghlnd
Yes me lord her ladyships here
answered the man
Steinmetz wrote on a card In mem
ory of 50 let me In and sent In the
missive
A few minutes later a stout smiling
lady came toward him with outstretch
ed hand
What mischief are you about she
inquired you stormy petrel This is
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Karl Slcinmctz was storming in hisijut
lural English
no place for your deep laid machina
tions We are here to enjoy ourselves
and found a hospital Come in how
ever I am delighted to see you You
used to be a famous dancer well some
little time ago
I came to see Prince Pavlo an
swered btelnmetz l must thank you
for enabling me to do so I may not
see you again this evening My best
thanks my very dear lady
lie bowed and with his half humor
ous half melancholy smile left her
The first face he recognized was a
pretty one Miss Maggie Delafield was
juHt turning away from a partner who
was taking his leave when she looked
arrows the room and saw Steinmetz
He had only met her once barely ex
changing six words with her and her
frank friendly bow was rather a sur
ri to him She came toward him
holding out her hand with an open
frinrdliness which this young lady was
in the habit of bestowing upon men
aui women impartially upon persons
of either sex who happened to meet
with her approval
Steinmetz she liked and there was
on end to It
i was afraid you did not recognize
me she Baid
My life has not so many pleasures
lh t I can afford to forget one ol
tht To replied Steinmetz In his some-
who old fashioned courtesy But an
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i I differ shall I say hadly ox
pects to be tukcu much notice of by
young ladies at a ball
-I wanted to speak to you she said
have been asked to go and stay at
Oserno Shall I go
By whom
By Paul
Then go said Steinmetz making
one of the few mistakes of his life
lein
Since you will be there
Does that make a difference
dear young lady
Of course it does
I wonder why
So do I answered Maggie frankly
I wonder why I have been wonder
ing why ever since Taul asked me If
you had not been going I should have
said No at once
Karl Steinmetz laughed quietly
What do I represent he asked
Safety she replied at once
She gave a queer little laugh
And Paul he said
Strength replied Maggie promptly
He looked down at her a momentary
glance of wonder He was like a wom
an inasmuch as he Judged a person by
a flicker of the eyelids a glance a si
lence In preference to judging by the
spoken word
Then with us both to take care of
you may we hope that you will brave
the perils of Osterno
If I may assure my
there are no perils
Something took place
gray mustache a smile
up of the lips In doubt
mother that
beneath the
or a pursing
Ah I cannot go so far as that You
may assure Lady Delafield that I will
protect you as I would my own daugh
ter If well if the good God in
heaven had not had other uses for me
I should have had a daughter of your
age
He took her back to her chaperon
bowed in his old world way to both
ladies and left them
If I can help it my very dear young
friend lie said to himself as he cross
ed the room looking for Paul you
will not go to Osterno
He found Paul talking to two men
You here said Paul in surprise
Come up Into the gallery
A certain listlessness which had been
his a moment before vanished when
Taul recognized his friend He led the
way up the narrow stairs In the gal
lery they found a few people couples
seeking like themselves a rare soli
tude
What news asked Paul sitting
down
Bad replied Steinmetz We have
had the misfortune to make a danger
ous enemy Claude do Chauxville
Claude de Chauxville repeated
Paul
Yes He wanted to
wife for her money
Y
marry your
Paul leaned forward and dragged at
his great fair mustache lie was not
a subtle man analyzing his own
thoughts Had he been he might have
wondered why he was not more jeal
ous in respect to Etta
Or went on Steinmetz it may
have been the other thing It is a
singular tiling that many men
uie or a nieiong love can conceive a
lifelong hatred based on that love
Claude de Chauxville has hated me all
his life for very good reasons no
doubt You are now included in his
antipathy because you married ma-
dame
I dare say replied Paul carelessly
But I am not afraid of Claude de
Chauxville or any other man
I am said Steinmetz He is up
to some mischief I was calling on
the Countess Lanovitch in Petersburg
when in walked Claude de Chauxville
He was constrained at the sight of my
stout person and showed it which was
a mistake Now what Is he doing In
Petersburg He has not been there
for ten years at least He has no
friends there He revived a minute
acquaintance with the Countess Lano
vitch who is a fool of the very first
water Before I came away I heard
from Catrina that he had wheedled an
invitation to Thors out of the old lady
Why my friend why
Paul reflected with a frown
We do not want him out there he
said
No and If he goes there you must
remain in England this winter
Paul looked up sharply
I do not want to do that It is all
arranged he said Etta was very
much against going at first but I per
suaded her to do so It would be a
mistake not to go now
Looking at him gravely Steinmetz
muttered I advise you not to go
Paul shrugged his shoulders
I am sorry he said It is too late
now Besides I have invited Miss
ueianeiu anu sue lias practically ac
cepted
Does that matter asked Steinmetz
quietly
Yes I do not want her to think
that I am a changeable sort of per
son
Steinmetz rose and standing with
his two hands on the marble rail he
looked down Into the room below
Well he said resignedly it is as
you will There is a certain
in outwitting De Chauxville
clever
pleasure
He is so
CHAPTER XVI
OU must accept Steinmetz
repeated to Paul There is
no help for it We cannot af
ford to offend Vassili of all
people in the world
They were standing together in the
saloon of a suit of rooms assigned for
the time to Paul and his party in the
Hotel Bristol in Paris Steinmetz who
held an open letter in his hand looked
out of the window
Steinmetz looked at the letter with a
queer smile He held It out from him
as if he distrusted the very stationery
So friendly he exclaimed so very
friendly That good Steinmetz he calls
me That good Steinmetz confound
his cheek lie hopes that his dear
prince will waive ceremony and briug
his charming princess to dine in tho
Champs Elysees lie guarantees that
only his sister the marquise will bo
present and he hopes that that good
Steinmetz will accompany you and
j ls ih hld tlie cousIn of the
You think so you want me to go J011
Aeh you must not put it like that
It does not affect me your gohig frau 1 StCme TV10 ltW d0W 1
tlie table left it there for a moment
my
and then picking it up he crossed the
room and threw It into the fire
j Which means he explained that
M Vassili knows we are here and un
less we dine with him we shall be sub
jected to annoyance and delay on the
frontier by a stupid a singularly and
suspiciously stupid minor oilicial If
we refuse Vassili will conclude that
we are afraid of him Therefore we
must accept especially as Vassili has
his weak points He loves a lord this
Vassili If you accept on some of that
stationery I ordered for you witli a co
lossal gold coronet that will already
be of some effect
Paul laughed It was his habit either
to laugh or to grumble at Karl Stein
metzs somewhat subtle precautions
Of course he said I leave these
matters to you Let us show Vassili
at all events that we are not afraid of
him
Then sit down and accept
That which M Vassili was pleased to
call his little dog hole in the Champs
Elysees was in fact a gorgeous house
in the tawdry style of modern Paris
resplendent in the iron railings and
high gateposts surmounted by green
cactus plants cunningly devised in cast
iron
The heavy front door was thrown
open by a lackey and others bowed
In the halls as if by machinery Two
maids pounced upon the ladies with the
self assurance of their kind and coun
try and led the way upstairs while
the men removed fur coats in the hall
It was all very prkicely and gorgeous
and Parisian
Vassili and his sister the marquise- -a
stout lady in ruby velvet and ame
thysts who invariably caused Maggie
Delaiields mouth to twitch whenever
she opened her own during the even
ingreceived tlie guests in the drawing
room They were standing on the
white fur hearth nig side by side when
the doors were dramatically thrown
open and the servant rolled the names
unctuously over his tongue
Steinmetz who was behind saw
everything He saw Vassilis mask
like face contract with stupefaction
when he set eyes on Etta He saw the
self contained Russian give a little
gasp and mutter an exclamation before
he collected himself suliiciently to bow
and conceal his face but he could not
see Ettas face for a moment or two
until the formal greetings were over
When he did see it he noted that it was
as white as marble
Aha my good Steinmetz cried
Vassili with less
out his hand with
formality holding
frank and boyish
good humor
Aha my dear Vassili returned
Steinmetz taking the hand
It is good of you M Ie Prince
you madame to honor us in our sm
house said the marquise
So said asslli with a comprehen
sive bow to all his guests so you
are bound for Russia But I envy you
I envy you You know Russia Mme
la Princesse
Etta met his veiled gaze calmly
A little she replied
There was no sign of recognition Ju
his eyes now nor pallor on her face
A beautiful country but the rest of
Europe does not believe it And the
estate of the prince is one of the vast
est if not the most beautiful It is a
sporting estate is it not prince
Essentially so replied Paul
Bears wolves deer besides of course
black game capercailzie ptarmigan
everything one could desire
Speaking as a sportsman suggest
ed Vassili gravely
Speaking as a sportsman
Of course Vassili paused and with
a little gesture of the hand included
Steinmetz in the conversation it may
have been that he preferred to have
him talking rather than watching of
course like all great Russian landhold
ers you have your troubles J th the
people though you are not strictly
speaking within the famine district
Not quite we are not starving but
we are hungry said Steinmetz blunt
ly
Vassili laughed and shook a gold eye
glass chidingly
Ah my friend your old pernicious
habit of calling a spade a spade It is
unfortunate that they should hunger a
little but what will you They must
learn to be provident to work harder
and drink less With such people expe
rience is the only taskmaster possible
It Is useless talking to them It Is dan
gerous to pauperize them Besides the
accounts that one reads in the news
papers are manifestly absurd and ex
aggerated You must not mademoi
selle he said turning courteously to
Maggie you must not believe all yoi
are told about Russia
The table was gorgeously decorated
the wine was perfect the dishes Pa
risian Everything was brilliant and
Ettas spirits rose Such little things
affect the spirits of such little minded
women
It is exile it is nothing short of ex
ile protested Vassili who led the con
versation Much as I admire my own
country as a country I do not pretend
to regret a fate that keeps me resident
in Paris For men it is different but
for madame and for you mademoiselle
ach He shrugged his shoulders and
looked up to the ceiling in mute appeal
to the gods above It Beauty brillian
cy wit they are all lost in Russia
What would Paris say if it knew
what it was losing he added In a
low tone to Etta who smiled well
pleased She was not always able to
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