He will renew the loan for another ten years.

What a fancy! Lord Fitzgerald was an eccentric man.

Given a purpose, he pursued it to the end, neither love nor friendship, nor fear swerved him.

Do you know that he made a vow that Duke Josef should never sit on this throne, nor his descendants?
What were five millions to him, if in giving them he realized the end?
The king would never explain the true cause of this Englishman's folly, but I know that it was based on revenge, the cause of which also is a mystery.

If only the prince were here!" "He will come; youth will be youth." "Perhaps." "You have never been young." "Not in that particular sense to which you refer," dryly.
* * * * * * In the chamber of finance Colonel Beauvais leaned over the desk and perused the writing on a slip of paper which the minister had given him.
Enough daylight remained to permit the letters to stand out legibly.
When he had done the Colonel tossed back the missive, and the minister tore it into shreds and dropped them into the waste basket.
"So much for your pains," said Beauvais.