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Chapter 15

           "Asifthouhadstanyotherreasonforthat,Waldemar,"saidDeBracy,"thanthepromotionofthineownindividualinterest?Come,Fitzurse,weknoweachotherambitionisthypursuit,pleasureismine,andtheybecomeourdifferentages.OfPrinceJohnthouthinkestasIdo;thatheistooweaktobeadeterminedmonarch,tootyrannicaltobeaneasymonarch,tooinsolentandpresumptuoustobeapopularmonarch,andtoofickleandtimidtobelongamonarchofanykind.ButheisamonarchbywhomFitzurseandDeBracyhopetoriseandthrive;andthereforeyouaidhimwithyourpolicy,andIwiththelancesofmyFreeCompanions."

           "Ahopefulauxiliary,"saidFitzurseimpatiently;"playingthefoolintheverymomentofutternecessity.Whatonearthdostthoupurposebythisabsurddisguiseatamomentsourgent?"

           "Togetmeawife,"answeredDeBracycoolly,"afterthemannerofthetribeofBenjamin."

           "ThetribeofBenjamin?"saidFitzurse;"Icomprehendtheenot."

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