24/34 Finally: "Is this really Lord Wellington's last word ?" he asked in tones of profoundest consternation. "Faith, I hesitate to state it." "No, no. Please, please." "I feel that it is idle." "Let the Council judge. I implore you, General, let the Council judge." "Very well." O'Moy shrugged, and took up a sheet of the dispatch which lay before him. "You will admit, sir, I think, that the beginning of these troubles coincided with the advent of the Principal Souza upon the Council of Regency." He waited in vain for a reply. |