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"Its Precepts Are Eternal;" Or , The Practice Of A Freemason's Daughter.
view . To do the old gentleman justice , lie exhibited no symptoms of rapturous joy when his visitor announced his name and object in repairing to Vienna . Herr Griit ' s features that mcrning wore at no moment the aspect of a deli ghted listener .
" The securities , " pursued Maurice , after having fairly opened _ his case , " are so much waste paper : that I have ascertained . " " The fault is not mine , " observed the German capitalist ; " political changes have brought with them unexpected commercial embarrassments . "
" Of that I am sensible , " continued the visitor ; "but the securities being worthless , we must now look to repayment of our advances from you . " " From me ! why—on what grounds ?" " Your name ajipears prominently in every stage of the negotiation ; and we conceive your credit pledged to the
reimbursement of the moneys we have remitted . " " No tribunal in Germany will bear out such a conclusion . Monstrous ! Is it possible , worthy Mr . Heathfield , that a gentleman of your undoubted commercial experience should have travelled from London to Wien for the purpose of indulging in such an absurd menace !"
And the old gentleman got up , very successfully , a contemptuous chuckle . " Bravo , sir ! bravo ! " rejoined Maurice , returning to the charge with unruffled mien ; " it is well when merry mirth tempers the dry details of business ; but in your merriment , remember that another name besides your own is mixed up in this business . "
" Whose ? I remember none . Come , out with it ! Another surprise ! Perhaps another joke in store for me ?" "That must depend , " returned Maurice drily , " on the amount of reverence and loyalty ivith which in your bosom the mention of that name is associated . In Germany , in former times , the name of the Emperor Francis called forth only that of affectionate
one feeling , respect . " Herr Griit drew a long breath before he proceeded to reply . " The emperor ' s name ! — the emperor ' s ! That cannot appear in this transaction ?" " Pardon me ; it does again and again ; and in one portion of the correspondence with emphatic meaning . Failing of redress from you , Herr Griit , we shall appeal to his Majesty . We have no doubt of the issue . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
"Its Precepts Are Eternal;" Or , The Practice Of A Freemason's Daughter.
view . To do the old gentleman justice , lie exhibited no symptoms of rapturous joy when his visitor announced his name and object in repairing to Vienna . Herr Griit ' s features that mcrning wore at no moment the aspect of a deli ghted listener .
" The securities , " pursued Maurice , after having fairly opened _ his case , " are so much waste paper : that I have ascertained . " " The fault is not mine , " observed the German capitalist ; " political changes have brought with them unexpected commercial embarrassments . "
" Of that I am sensible , " continued the visitor ; "but the securities being worthless , we must now look to repayment of our advances from you . " " From me ! why—on what grounds ?" " Your name ajipears prominently in every stage of the negotiation ; and we conceive your credit pledged to the
reimbursement of the moneys we have remitted . " " No tribunal in Germany will bear out such a conclusion . Monstrous ! Is it possible , worthy Mr . Heathfield , that a gentleman of your undoubted commercial experience should have travelled from London to Wien for the purpose of indulging in such an absurd menace !"
And the old gentleman got up , very successfully , a contemptuous chuckle . " Bravo , sir ! bravo ! " rejoined Maurice , returning to the charge with unruffled mien ; " it is well when merry mirth tempers the dry details of business ; but in your merriment , remember that another name besides your own is mixed up in this business . "
" Whose ? I remember none . Come , out with it ! Another surprise ! Perhaps another joke in store for me ?" "That must depend , " returned Maurice drily , " on the amount of reverence and loyalty ivith which in your bosom the mention of that name is associated . In Germany , in former times , the name of the Emperor Francis called forth only that of affectionate
one feeling , respect . " Herr Griit drew a long breath before he proceeded to reply . " The emperor ' s name ! — the emperor ' s ! That cannot appear in this transaction ?" " Pardon me ; it does again and again ; and in one portion of the correspondence with emphatic meaning . Failing of redress from you , Herr Griit , we shall appeal to his Majesty . We have no doubt of the issue . "