And Cato?"

Oh, you believe in Cato, do you?"

And Aristides?"

They did well to exile him."

And Thomas More?"

They did well to cut off his head."

And in your opinion Lord Clancharlie was a man as you describe. As for

a man remaining in exile, why, it is simply ridiculous."

He died there."

An ambitious man disappointed?"

You ask if I knew him? I should think so indeed. I was his dearest

friend."

Do you know, Lord Eure, that he married when in Switzerland?"

I am pretty sure of it."

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The Man Who Laughs