A New Yorker in the Foreign Office And His Adventures in Paris
The book A New Yorker in the Foreign Office And His Adventures in Paris was written by author Wikoff, Henry, 1813-1884 Here you can read free online of A New Yorker in the Foreign Office And His Adventures in Paris book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A New Yorker in the Foreign Office And His Adventures in Paris a good or bad book?
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" Well, then, I think you had better resign. " Recovering my breath as well as I could after this murderous blow, so gently administered, I exclaimed : " Wherefore ?" " Why, the Ministry at home, you see, is very ricketty. " " Well, what then ?" I enquired. " Should Lord Palmerston go out of office, of course your ap pointment ends. " " So be it, " I continued, " but why resign before then ?" A short pause ensued, which I employed in rapid cogitation. " Depend on it, " Mr. Edwardes resumed, " y...ou had better resign at once, and take a sum down than" " Than what ?" I said, as he hesitated. " Than risk getting nothing beyond what you have received. " My adviser then crossed his legs, and set about smoking in earnest, as though relieved of the business he was charged withal, and was deeply conscious he had nothing more to say. The " idea" had exploded ; the secret was out, and it came with a plumptitude that well nigh staggered me. Instead of being " Lord Chancellor, already, " I found myself worse off than the aspiring Pompolino just quoted.
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