Chapter 5

           ThenextmorningonrisingIlearnedthat‘hisexcellency’asPrinceRimânezwascalledbyhisownservantsandtheemployésofthe‘Grand,’hadgoneoutridinginthePark,leavingmetobreakfastalone.Ithereforetookthatmealinthepublicroomofthehotel,whereIwaswaiteduponwiththeutmostobsequiousness,inspiteofmyshabbyclothes,whichIwasofcoursestillcompelledtowear,havingnochange.WhenwouldIbepleasedtolunch?AtwhathourwouldIdine?Shouldmypresentapartmentberetained?orwasitnotsatisfactory?WouldIprefera‘suite’similartothatoccupiedbyhisexcellency?Allthesedeferentialquestionsfirstastonishedandthenamusedmesomemysteriousagencyhadevidentlyconveyedtherumourofmywealthamongthosebestfittedtoreceiveit,andherewasthefirstresult.InreplyIsaidmymovementswereuncertainIshouldbeabletogivedefiniteinstructionsinthecourseofafewhours,andthatinthemeantimeIretainedmyroom.ThebreakfastoverIsalliedforthtogotomylawyers,andwasjustabouttoorderahansomwhenIsawmynewfriendcomingbackfromhisride.Hebestrodeamagnificentchestnutmare,whosewildeyesandstrainedquiveringlimbsshowedshewasfreshfromahardgallopandwasscarcelyyetsatisfiedtobeunderclosecontrol.

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