Excerpt from Discords

"I Confess, " said the Distinguished Diplomat, smiling down the well-set table at his well-dressed guests, "I confess to a foolish and ill-balanced love of the romantic and the picturesque! It has carried me into all sorts of weaknesses and many real troubles, but I can't seem to outgrow it! Give me a romance, and I can forgive anything."

His genial laugh, the laugh of a man whose autumn of life was as cheerful as most peoples midsummer, was infectious. Even Lady Harvey smiled a response to his good humour.

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