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"
No
credentials
are
necessary
,
"
I
said
with
all
the
cordiality
I
now
really
felt
--
"
I
have
already
had
a
letter
from
Carrington
in
which
he
speaks
of
you
in
the
highest
and
most
grateful
terms
.
But
the
fact
is
--
--
well
!
--
really
,
prince
,
you
must
excuse
me
if
I
seem
confused
or
astonished
...
I
had
expected
to
see
quite
an
old
man
...
"
And
I
broke
off
,
somewhat
embarrassed
by
the
keen
glance
of
the
brilliant
eyes
that
met
mine
so
fixedly
.
"
No
one
is
old
,
my
dear
sir
,
nowadays
!
"
he
declared
lightly
--
"
even
the
grandmothers
and
grandfathers
are
friskier
at
fifty
than
they
were
at
fifteen
.
One
does
not
talk
of
age
at
all
now
in
polite
society
--
it
is
ill-bred
,
even
coarse
.
Indecent
things
are
unmentionable
--
age
has
become
an
indecent
thing
.
It
is
therefore
avoided
in
conversation
.
You
expected
to
see
an
old
man
you
say
?
Well
,
you
are
not
disappointed
--
I
am
old
.
In
fact
you
have
no
idea
how
very
old
I
am
!
"
I
laughed
at
this
piece
of
absurdity
.
"
Why
,
you
are
younger
than
I
,
"
--
I
said
--
"
or
if
not
,
you
look
it
.
"
"
Ah
,
my
looks
belie
me
!
"
he
returned
gaily
--
"
I
am
like
several
of
the
most
noted
fashionable
beauties
--
much
riper
than
I
seem
.
But
come
,
read
the
introductory
missive
I
have
brought
you
--
I
shall
not
be
satisfied
till
you
do
.
"
Thus
requested
,
and
wishing
to
prove
myself
as
courteous
as
I
had
hitherto
been
brusque
,
I
at
once
opened
my
friend
's
note
and
read
as
follows
--
Dear
Geoffrey
.
The
bearer
of
this
,
Prince
Rimânez
,
is
a
very
distinguished
scholar
and
gentleman
,
allied
by
descent
to
one
of
the
oldest
families
in
Europe
,
or
for
that
matter
,
in
the
world
.
You
,
as
a
student
and
lover
of
ancient
history
,
will
be
interested
to
know
that
his
ancestors
were
originally
princes
of
Chaldea
,
who
afterwards
settled
in
Tyre
--
from
thence
they
went
to
Etruria
and
there
continued
through
many
centuries
,
the
last
scion
of
the
house
being
the
very
gifted
and
genial
personage
who
,
as
my
good
friend
,
I
have
the
pleasure
of
commending
to
your
kindest
regard
.
Certain
troublous
and
overpowering
circumstances
have
forced
him
into
exile
from
his
native
province
,
and
deprived
him
of
a
great
part
of
his
possessions
,
so
that
he
is
,
to
a
considerable
extent
a
wanderer
on
the
face
of
the
earth
,
and
has
travelled
far
and
seen
much
,
and
has
a
wide
experience
of
men
and
things
.
He
is
a
poet
and
musician
of
great
skill
,
and
though
he
occupies
himself
with
the
arts
solely
for
his
own
amusement
,
I
think
you
will
find
his
practical
knowledge
of
literary
matters
eminently
useful
to
you
in
your
difficult
career
.
I
must
not
forget
to
add
that
in
all
matters
scientific
he
is
an
absolute
master
.
Wishing
you
both
a
cordial
friendship
,
I
am
,
dear
Geoffrey
,
