21/27 And now we are both exiles, and once more you step in like a bogle out of the night. Will you taste my chocolate ?" She served me first, and I could see how little the favour was to the liking of her little retinue of courtiers. My silken gentleman, whose name was Grey, broke in on us abruptly. Every out-at-elbows republican makes it a stick to beat His Majesty." "Are you a republican, Mr.Garvald ?" she asked. "Now that I remember, I have seen you in Whiggamore company." "Why, no," I said. |