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Chapter 16

           ButtheHeir-ApparenttothegreatestEmpireintheworldexpressedinhisveryattitudeandlooks,anunaffectedandcourteouswelcometoallsurroundedashewas,andassuchinhispositionmusteverbe,bytoadies,parasites,sycophants,hypocriticalself-seekers,whowouldneverruntheleastrisktotheirownlivestoservehim,unlesstheycouldgetsomethingpersonallysatisfactoryoutofit,hispresenceimpresseditselfuponmeasfullofthesuggestionofdormantbutnonethelessresolutepower.Icannotevennowexplainthesingularexcitationofmindthatseizedmeasourturntobepresentedarrived;Isawmycompanionadvance,andheardtheLordChamberlainannouncehisname;‘PrinceLucioRimânez’;andthen;whythenitseemedasifallthemovementinthebrilliantroomsuddenlycametoapause!Everyeyewasfixedonthestatelyformandnoblecountenanceofmyfriendashebowedwithsuchconsummatecourtlinessandgraceasmadeallothersalutationsseemawkwardbycomparison.ForonemomenthestoodabsolutelystillinfrontoftheRoyaldaïsfacingthePrinceasthoughhesoughttoimpresshimwiththefactofhispresencethereandacrossthebroadstreamofsunshinewhichhadbeenpouringintotheroomthroughouttheceremony,therefellthesuddenshadowofapassingcloud.AfleetingimpressionofgloomandsilencechilledtheatmosphereasingularmagnetismappearedtoholdalleyesfixedonRimânez;andnotamaneithergoingorcoming,moved.

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