"
The older man little knew how this outburst affected Royson. The
reference to Alfieri was absolutely staggering. No up-to-date
battleship could have demolished the Massowah fortress so effectually
as Mr. Fenshawe's outspoken wrath crumbled the edifice of doubt built
by circumstances in Royson's mind.
"Things have taken an extraordinary turn, sir," said he, feeling it
incumbent on him to say something.
"They will turn an Italian Governor out of his position before I have
done with them," was the determined answer. "Come, Mr. Royson, let us
leave this man-trap. I came here In good faith, and I quit the place
with the resolution that never again shall I entrust myself to the
vagaries of any Jack-in-office who thinks he can browbeat a man of my
repute like one of the wretched natives whom he misrules."
Royson had some difficulty in persuading his irate employer to enter
the Governor's carriage. Mr. Fenshawe only yielded to the plea that it
was a stiff walk to the hotel, and his granddaughter would be consumed
with anxiety if any alarming news had reached her meanwhile.
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