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Chapter 16

           ButtheHeir-ApparenttothegreatestEmpireintheworldexpressedinhisveryattitudeandlooks,anunaffectedandcourteouswelcometoall—surroundedashewas,andassuchinhispositionmusteverbe,bytoadies,parasites,sycophants,hypocriticalself-seekers,whowouldneverruntheleastrisktotheirownlivestoservehim,unlesstheycouldgetsomethingpersonallysatisfactoryoutofit,hispresenceimpresseditselfuponmeasfullofthesuggestionofdormantbutnonethelessresolutepower.Icannotevennowexplainthesingularexcitationofmindthatseizedmeasourturntobepresentedarrived;—Isawmycompanionadvance,andheardtheLordChamberlainannouncehisname;—‘PrinceLucioRimânez’;andthen;—whythen—itseemedasifallthemovementinthebrilliantroomsuddenlycametoapause!Everyeyewasfixedonthestatelyformandnoblecountenanceofmyfriendashebowedwithsuchconsummatecourtlinessandgraceasmadeallothersalutationsseemawkwardbycomparison.ForonemomenthestoodabsolutelystillinfrontoftheRoyaldaïs—facingthePrinceasthoughhesoughttoimpresshimwiththefactofhispresencethere—andacrossthebroadstreamofsunshinewhichhadbeenpouringintotheroomthroughouttheceremony,therefellthesuddenshadowofapassingcloud.Afleetingimpressionofgloomandsilencechilledtheatmosphere—asingularmagnetismappearedtoholdalleyesfixedonRimânez;andnotamaneithergoingorcoming,moved.

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