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Saved by the Sword; A Romance of the Greco-Turkish War
Saved by the Sword A Romance of the GrecoTurkish War Author:St. George Rathborne General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1898 Original Publisher: Hobart Company Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can ... more »select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER V. hlVAl. H, iif COURSE. For the time being the guardsman forgot all about Bobert, and the peculiar conditions hedging that young man about. His whole concern lay in the direction of arranging his own affairs, so that he might have a good excuse for shaking the dust of Teheran from his feet when Nina Sherwood turned her face toward the West. And what was to hinder? He had accomplished his task -- General Skoubekuff had been fairly benten at every turn, and was doubtless gnashing his teeth will ill-concealed anger over the discouraging result of his secret mission. The papers bearing on the case had started on their way to England, and barring accidents, must in due time reach the hands of her majesty's prime minister. Really, he could leave Teheran with a clear conscience, and the feeling that he deserved a holiday. One thing alone worried him. This was the presence of Skoubekoff in the Persian capital. If fortune would only be Bo kind as to call the Muscovite to St. Petersburg, Tbaddeus might feel the last load taken from his heart; but in leaving him an undisputed field, he felt a trifle guilty. The snake might only be scotched, not killed, and still capable of doing much damage. Perhaps some means might be devised which would accomplish this desired result. That would do to sleep over. Thaddeus, being a plain, frank, honest sort of a Britisher, was not much given to laying schemes; but there be times in the affairs of most men when it seems necessary to arouse and take action in order to overcome the sea of troubles that threatens to overwhelm th...« less