They said
that surely he would come to the hotel ere dinner was ended. But he
came not. The only interruption to a lively meal was supplied by the
Governor, who showed very proper official horror when he heard the
story of Irene's abduction, and saw the evidences of the rough usage to
which she had been subjected.
He was so urbane and apologetic, and promised such impartial punishment
both for the persons who inspired the outrage and for those who
actually carried it out, that Mr. Fenshawe deferred to the morrow the
stern protest he meant to register against von Kerber's detention. It
was quite true, as Stump told Royson, that strongly-worded cablegrams
were despatched to London and Rome earlier in the evening. Diplomatic
representations would certainly be made in both capitals, and the
yacht-owner felt that the local authorities would now leave matters
entirely to the Italian Colonial Minister.
So a truce was proclaimed. Before he left them, the Governor drank to
Miss Fenshawe's health in the best champagne that the Grand Hotel of
the Universe could produce.
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