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The Goose Girl

CHAPTER II
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At the end of the conflict he returned to Washington.
And then the inherent curse put a hand on his shoulder; he must be moving.

His parents were dead; there was no anchor, nor had lying ambition enmeshed him.

There was a little property, the income from which was enough for his wants.

Without any influence whatever, save his pleasing address and his wide education, he blarneyed the State Department out of a consulate.

They sent him to Ehrenstein, at a salary not worth mentioning, with the diplomatic halo of dignity as a tail to the kite.


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