"Myself, of course. It is what I have thought myself. There is
Count Samoval. He promised that if ever any such thing happened he
would help me. And he assured me I could count upon him. I think
it may have been his offer that made me fanciful."
"I should go to Sir Terence before I went to Count Samoval. By
which I mean that I should not go to Count Samoval at all under any
circumstances. I do not trust him."
"You said so once before, dear," said Lady O'Moy.
"And you assured me that I spoke out of the fullness of my ignorance
and inexperience."
"Ah, forgive me."
"There is nothing to forgive. No doubt you were right. But remember
that instinct is most alive in the ignorant and inexperienced, and
that instinct is often a surer guide than reason. Yet if you want
reason, I can supply that too. Count Samoval is the intimate friend
of the Marquis of Minas, who remains a member of the Government, and
who next to the Principal Souza was, and no doubt is, the most bitter
opponent of the British policy in Portugal. Yet Count Samoval, one
of the largest landowners in the north, and the nobleman who has
perhaps suffered most severely from that policy, represents himself
as its most vigorous supporter.
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