"Have your diplomatic duties taken you away from Washington ?" "Yes, to the other end of the earth.

I am now in St.Petersburg, with ultimate hopes of Vienna, Princess.

I happened to be in London this week, and hearing you were to be here, I moved heaven and earth for an invitation." "Which you obtained, only to find yourself forgotten.

How hollow this world is, isn't it ?" "Alas, yes.

A man in my profession sees a good deal of the seamy side of life, and I fully believe that my rapidly lessening dependence on human veracity will be shattered by my superiors sending me to Constantinople.
But let me find you a seat out of this crowd where we may talk of old times." "I don't care so much about the past as I do about the present.