The duke knew that he wouldn't be able to pay." "You have hit it squarely." "But Austria, having placed Leopold here, is his sponsor." "Austria has too many debts of her own; she will have to disavow her protege, which is a fact not unthought of by the house of Auersperg.
By constant machination and intrigue the king's revenues have been so depleted that ordinary debts are troublesome.

The archbishop, to stave off the probable end, brought about the alliance between the houses of Carnavia and Osia.

My business here is to arrange for a ten years' renewal of the loan, and that is what the duchess wishes to prevent, mon ami.

What's to become of the king and his daughter if aught in the way of mishap should befall me?
I have not seen the king, but I have seen her Royal Highness." "What is she like ?" Maurice asked, innocently.

He saw no reason why he should confide to the Englishman his own adventure.
"I'm not much of a judge," said Fitzgerald cautiously.