8/28 My clerk heard you plainly." "Uncle, is this damnable thing true ?" "Yes. What would you? She is ignorant where this offer came from, and, moreover, she spurned it, as Mr.Carmichael's clerk will affirm. Oh, Gretchen is a fine little woman, and I would to God she was of your station!" And the mask fell from the regent's face, leaving it bitter and careworn. "Our presence is known in Dreiberg; it has been known for three days at least. |