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Stephanie Eiderstrom is Hungarian born and bred.
Even race has never taught her self-restraint. You don't seriously suppose that after all these years, after all she has suffered--and she has suffered--she is going to be content with an emasculated form of friendship? I talk to you without reserve, Seaman. She has made it very plain to-night that she is going to be content with nothing of the sort." "What takes place between you in private," Seaman began-- "Rubbish!" his companion interrupted.
"The Princess is an impulsive, a passionate, a distinctly primitive woman, with a good deal of the wild animal in her still.
Plots or political necessities are not likely to count a snap of the fingers with her." "But surely," Seaman protested, "she must understand that your country has claimed you for a great work ?" Dominey shook his head. "She is not a German," he pointed out.
"On the contrary, like a great many other Hungarians, I think she rather dislikes Germany and Germans. Her only concern is the personal question between us.
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