Show M BY afo reap V 8 CHAPTER XVI continued 23 either janet had translated faithful t i patriarch understood tills this tile the 11 or r latin tari ile smiled benignantly but said Tor tommy or rather sed nolo oil look here miss tell him that I 1 wont have capo drive n into marrying me if slit she blant sold said in berlin that she site she to 0 o parry crarry ine and if she aho feels the same WAY vy still till she be bullied into it the patriarch explained tit it sump length that the princess feelings lilt lid sot got matter in tho the least lie ile hat had brought ter or up blai himself self and Klit tier lier the dui des tie of a princess slit would marry the nian man site she was waa told to marry tills this did not satisfy tommy tell the patriarch lie be said to janet that unless the princess angrees of her own owl free villo mill I 1 wont stir a foot in tile I 1 matter dut but janet thought tile the con conference ferenee tad kad lasted long enough lind site vita letting getting chilly about the logs legs A stolle floored hull hall Is apt pt to be draughty nt sight and slie she bad no DO stockings Ings on the she said gald good to the patriarch and walked oft to bed tommy wits was left to to his own resources ile he got out ills his notebook note hock bock anti pencil again lie ile could not draw it 11 picture of t Illin himself self refusing tile the land of tin nn unwilling princess in the Lys trian chapel royal so he wrote down a latin sentence the patriarch lid did not understand the language as n 3 torome spoke it but he must surely be able to road read it nisi regina regana no ne amat he wrote rote maclam in ro re that it if riot not in CI croninn style was wa a plain statement of nf his ine anIng the patriarch understood it if smiled led and waved ills his pudy pudgy liand hand then lie patted tommy on the shoulder in a most friendly and confide confidential it manner count albert attempted an explanation in english that Is good lie he salt said gut right not true Il please lease the patriarch ordered more inore wine there was vita much drinking ut of healtha henl healt llis hs tommys tommas health he alth the count alberts the health of ench each priest Calypso calypsos a till nil standing anti and finally Janc janeas Ja nets ts the patr patriarch larch held up tommas tommys sketch of tier her while lie he drank the party broke up tit all sober but as u tommy said afterward another bottle would have tint finished tied us the patriarch Mene menelaus laug would not be happy in america ills strict views about marriage might pet get him into trouble with the people who apprent ate the advantages of divorce CHAPTER tommy soundly at six in the morning he was halt ly tire the sound gouni of it a motorcycle passing clote cloe lint under lel tile lie window 44 t ills 1 ile he felt slightly sur there should he such things its as motor bicycles in lystila hut bilut tile subject was not interesting enough to rouse him thoroughly ile iio slept again at half liala past fight he was wakened again tills this time thoroughly and saw count albert abher standing tit nt ills bedside tommy looked locked lip anti bade blin a cheerful he erful good morning tile count botved stiffly lie he held two large covered books one linger each arm arill it haj been tilt for nm him bobow otherwise than stiffly lie hind the lie count standing rigidly at attention tit lit the door of tire lie room were two sold soldiers lers with long rifles 61 on ijichi v tha th hayo bayonets nets were fixed tills sur tommy a little but lie bade the rold lers diers a friendly good morning lio lie opposed Up posed that it iiii ile be tile in Lyst rift to sell send part of the army to ken an honored guest in III the tithorn morning aunt albert lair laid one of ills 1114 books on tommas tommys bed and bein began turning over the 6 pages of the other it was it I ngI dictions dic tiona rn its compilation pi tion lind been the life iffe lor of the tutor who lind taught count istvan to read bixl ixl it tin had be been len printed tit at tile the expense of king not nd was that monarchs soll solitary tary contribution trib ution to the cause of literature ajl n cople copies 3 in an all had been published of them were lost ono one lay on it helf it in tile palace of couitt istvan we one was in the catho cathedral dral library under the e charge of cf the patri arch one was pt by tile lie he heart lid clerk of tile the aliouse se of lordt lords tle the remaining one which ach count albl albert ert wits was using wits was la in the royal sc blosa count albert found the word lie wanted mark marked ed it by jigging digging his thumbnail into the paper and alid then handed ailed tho th book to tommy aike like most Lyst rIall words it was thickly y coved of with mill accents find the letter X was aa in 0 o it several tames the bug translation n was aven ns ini joeton ner historical ono one kho w n identity other than uw n deceiver nt all licht allert li ert crt frowned fv verely to lin it ij meant the tha dictionary ohp two to soldiers held arvies nt lit tile prent tu 81 show ow that hlll it till 11 too count albert took up tile the ipp onil volt volume MP of tile the dictionary and looked till another word wold tills this tittle time tire eng losli translation cyns arrested to prevent nil possibility of mistake lie h L pulli pointed ted first tn til Ton tommy jIlly illen tile two to t idich 9 find then once wore moio to tile lie word oril tommy hall no excuse for riot not under sta till ing bilat ills position ans count albert looked out it a third and more iran handed the book to hominy this was ana i it short t word ord cD christing insisting of three ahk c letter one of wide alrh was tin nn X aind air deveno in caf it ilace of elc atlon nud to count I 1 t tin tint e SI civali tutor also be trang runs intel fial serif fold or guillo file count albert nodded gilialy Ki linly antl point pointed to the soldiers then ho he said ilyaso Illic Il caso ilse 1 I ilat nt riot not tit nt this hour sidd tommy fir lainily li nily its ita never lone done ns as late na as till tills file regular time little for shooting 1 n I ninn la is dinan iiii flints passed for today there wont ont be nn lilt other till tomorrow youre diiro bound to give file iny ine sortie sort of n trial lie iio took tile the etli lilt intention of looking out shoot down toni orrow and all trial be kleving in that dav u to make ills meaning clear unfortunately there aa was no english pirt part of the die dic tio nary so the book vita MIS useless to him count albert with tit alio lilt clr of it great nation which delivers nn an ulal alti 41 11 41 7 count albert laid one of hla his books on tommys tommas ded bed and began turning over the pages of the other to a troublesome little tribe turned to loue leave the room tommy loin nii jumped out of ile led mid and stopped him lit he could riot not spent anti le IV could riot not use the dIction itry iut but lie ile ft was us not quite nt at the end of ills his resources ile he tore ore out our n blank sheet tile end of the dictionary and wrote it 11 letter ad eli in ly britie jiin janella 1 miss church conver convers surl arl volo MIO then he remembered that botia count tint istvan tint count albert albeit used the iho word alpa prease p l tit arti fre frequency quene y in the most inot kely con on nc cllon lons it als evidently el dently n word nd to 10 the alt aclid lilt ini por bince the llie ancient romans up ap did not for lip could not remember it utan cou alent for it I 1 he 10 added yi sl vis ls to tile end of it hh 1114 1 pt cpr and then lien in order to ronk maiji it quite plain that lie he wanted tt anted to he 10 polite wrote iota tte sll volus us klaft ile he handled the note to count alhert IlIn he be efird I rf plinio count albert Moil Ml hut he be took the note lie ile vil ikeI over oer to the dour door opened it turned sald it please to tommy To inin and then went vent out leuling tile two no soldiers soldier on guard tommy rot up anti dressed that took look hirn him alpa nearly aly half nn an hour then lie smoked 11 pipe then lie he looked out of tle the lindow for it 11 lille vie the uninteresting for entirely pw vita ills room looked out olit on it dinall court yn inard rd hut it cheered bilm jill to observe bobsene that there were vere no algrid of the erection of it scaffold in till the lie 08 lie ile find ever reail read tire tie for execution or of the heroes are put I 1 the lie e up under tile or of meir cells and they tire obliged to to the sounds of hammering and sawing even strength of mind enough if they have not to look out 1 at ten the door of his room was opened tin and a soldier came in t the ly 1 birli agina come tri anit alone among central south southerla sout lierk erli land eastern Kurop Miia havo have it a rood good lilea idea of lint ought to be except that there was wa no tommy romild not nor have done clone better in a farst rate hotel at half past ten tell before he lind in dished eating joint celuh was shown in ill tommy greeted tier with tin eager flood of quo que alluna Allons happe lappeneit neIT lie he ached liv ant I 1 shut up till why hd dill that albert wake tile ino ill till tills lorning by scowl liiK nt at inc div why IN alq I 1 shove lilt great dictionary with the word impostor in ill it an 1111 edior bums dictionary in two ii why y lid did lie threaten to batig hijii nic inc or shoot ino or Il lonne ane I 1 flon dont know 4 w lio lie tire ant luit hut lit in evi lit in finis to nu ille in some wily A and lid wanta g tile lie 11 trian for id like omo tomo t just to sh off it a really fire 1 I k an fn 8 t who w irk son janet ill the lip A nor re efm vs al M A said mid Tori torbio lill you saw nv my illy pa pass sport in ailt biln so volt ou ought to know not lord norliss Nor lios hoys to ive told you ou ive IM etolil the oilier ive io told tit tin kins king I 1 would mould have told tits prill eess it if lieve 11 to to ill nip e lp ive old every one ile illet that I 1 tint nin not lord l gorhey it would kulil ho he just as sens sensible thle in ill fact nice anoro sensible to insist tillit im ill colonel one I 1 arird I 1 ea rd billit no mutter matter vital I 1 said nobody ever bellove tl nip ni except Polli Volis nis ass von StOn veldt I 1 lio he lid did if neco sary ill mear ini im not lord noelic No Nor ilic heys ill swell r it on oil cas lintus 1 if yott ou aikeo ad biml the alir most impressive lodar dooh ink hook I 1 por ever saw what convinced them id like to know diio for I 1 biever could to do di it two fele granis clel rl el tills this momin early lv said annet one froin brorn count litvan Caslin lr sent froin kertin and ono one front lord Edin und troy te tc from london A motorcycle brought thein they said that youre oil nn lin costor tint and that tile real lord loid nor lits heys Is lit in london lord Edin tind rato Is lord Nor heys uncle so fco hes bertalli to know 1 I expect pact liell hell lie ile miss ilis temples mint soon I 1 mean to say chell lie 10 ills niece if linof le ive heaird eliout her Is true tine I 1 nor never was ns so plagued about anything an thins in my life it I 1 have been about chilt boman ilow did the princess take like the news the patriarch wakened tier her about seven to toll tell tier lier she cattle caino my iny room about two tit in utes later and I 1 never saw it girl pleased 1 I call that heartless of at her ter sald said tommy worse vorse than linn heartless inn ina lic ll clous I 1 never did alil tier her tiny any lindin why on barth should slie site be pleased lit at my iny being hanged hang etl sites not pleased nt ant slie she think you yon vill ile be hanged nor do 1 I what delighted tier her was the thought that hint you ou really had nothing to to do with miss temple if file f lio would have listened to roe ml said tommy shed have known that long ago go however ini im glad slie site want to hang bring me ine perhaps Perlin pa shell let tire me out nut of prison why have they shut tile me up lip ive just told tod you volt that said janet tricy believed you were lord nor heys and when it turned out you yet they linperi imprisoned boned you of co course lirse 1 I dont see free any of course about it they cant nunn to imprison ov ev ernne elyone who turned out riot not to ho be lord Nor Norlie heys yi if they lid that the prisons would lie be horribly overcrowded dont you ou think that hilt you con could ild explain that to the patriarch jullet looked doubtful its a komples idea said Toi tommy ennd probably quite new to to him still naith your knowledge of german janet had no doubt tit at till all about her ability to explain anything in german im ani afraid slie she said that the patriarch trin ilch ns as good tit it germen ns as ho be thinks lie ho Is ite HP cn understand sim tile things all right hut bitt when anything la Is sat said to hini him lie he hike it in after the princes and I 1 were dressed this morning lie he claine in and had a long consultation with cpr they were still at I 1 it t when I 1 left they tegan begun in Ger germani maji but the princess had to to give up and talk Lys learlan trian lan after half tin an hour bour or so were they talking about anything very cry lih aha truse metaphysics for instance st alice they were talking about you ou salti junet janet tile the princess sald said that site she wits waa glad to licar hear that you vere not lord Nor heys because nothing on earth would lime have indue induced tier to marry him film slie told tire lie pr trial ch all about miss temple aal aol i showed him film sortie some letter or other 1 I know till all about that letter said tommy ilow how ill did tire the patriarch take I 1 it ile he sidd said ill the princess was perfectly right and that no ninn who bl bi liard its aa lord Nor heys did could possibly be allow allOl Ved oil to lie king of Ly I 1 gathered that lie ha thought the ell been enough of that sort of tiling thing when jhc n tit alie lute late king hing ivas was lipri I 1 t heard it before but from what A ill at tile the pa trin trantrell trell I 1 understand rand that king aroa WB a thoroughly Imi immoral nural I 1 man tto TO EM EB |