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"

Upon

my

word

I

think

I

would

rather

go

to

bed

than

anything

--

"

I

confessed

--

"

But

what

about

my

room

?

"

"

Oh

,

Amiel

will

have

attended

to

that

for

you

--

we

'll

ask

him

.

"

And

he

touched

the

bell

.

His

valet

instantly

appeared

.

"

Have

you

got

a

room

for

Mr

Tempest

?

"

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"

Yes

,

your

Excellency

.

An

apartment

in

this

corridor

almost

facing

your

Excellency

's

suite

.

It

is

not

as

well

furnished

as

it

might

be

,

but

I

have

made

it

as

comfortable

as

I

can

for

the

night

.

"

"

Thanks

very

much

!

"

I

said

--

"

I

am

greatly

obliged

to

you

.

"

Amiel

bowed

deferentially

.

"

Thank

you

,

sir

.

"

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He

retired

,

and

I

moved

to

bid

my

host

good-night

.

He

took

my

proffered

hand

,

and

held

it

in

his

,

looking

at

me

curiously

the

while

.

"

I

like

you

,

Geoffrey

Tempest

;

"

he

said

--

"

And

because

I

like

you

,

and

because

I

think

there

are

the

makings

of

something

higher

than

mere

earthy

brute

in

you

,

I

am

going

to

make

you

what

you

may

perhaps

consider

rather

a

singular

proposition

.

It

is

this

--

that

if

you

do

n't

like

me

,

say

so

at

once

,

and

we

will

part

now

,

before

we

have

time

to

know

anything

more

of

each

other

,

and

I

will

endeavour

not

to

cross

your

path

again

unless

you

seek

me

out

.

But

if

on

the

contrary

,

you

do

like

me

--

if

you

find

something

in

my

humour

or

turn

of

mind

congenial

to

your

own

disposition

,

give

me

your

promise

that

you

will

be

my

friend

and

comrade

for

a

while

,

say

for

a

few

months

at

any

rate

.

I

can

take

you

into

the

best

society

,

and

introduce

you

to

the

prettiest

women

in

Europe

as

well

as

the

most

brilliant

men

.

I

know

them

all

,

and

I

believe

I

can

be

useful

to

you

.

But

if

there

is

the

smallest

aversion

to

me

lurking

in

the

depths

of

your

nature

"

--

here

he

paused

--

then

resumed

with

extraordinary

solemnity

--

"

in

God

's

name

give

it

full

way

and

let

me

go

--

because

I

swear

to

you

in

all

sober

earnest

that

I

am

not

what

I

seem

!

"

Strongly

impressed

by

his

strange

look

and

stranger

manner

,

I

hesitated

one

moment

--

and

on

that

moment

,

had

I

but

known

it

,

hung

my

future

.

It

was

true

--

I

had

felt

a

passing

shadow

of

distrust

and

repulsion

for

this

fascinating

yet

cynical

man

,

and

he

seemed

to

have

guessed

it

.

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