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...e might the cards from the 23 Henry James greasy old pack for the game of diplomacy to which you were to sit down with him. The inconvenience—as alwa... ...t have been felt, for the Church. On the other hand he was credu- lous for diplomacy, or perhaps even for science, while he was perhaps at the same ti... ...made the girl wonder most was the implica- 57 Henry James tion of so much diplomacy in respect to her own value. What view might she take of her posi... ... her last—had clearly been broken; differences, deep down, kept there by a diplomacy on 456 The Wings of the Dove Kate’s part as deep, had been shake...

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...st of what might be said of him; and if circumspec- tion is the essence of diplomacy our young aspirant prom- ised well. His mind contained several mi... ...ter than the occasion demanded? Count Vogelstein was still young enough in diplomacy to think it necessary to have opinions. He had a good many indeed...

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...ine you to some career, do they?” said Georges. “Might I ask what it is?” “Diplomacy,” replied Oscar. Three bursts of laughter came from Mistigris, th... ...,” said Mistigris. “‘All is not old that titters.’ Y ou’ll never get on in diplomacy if you don’t know your prov- erbs better than that.” “I may not k... ...orges, moreover, made himself charming to Oscar. “Y ou’ve taken to private diplomacy,” he said; “for what differ- ence is there between a lawyer and a...

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...cturer, a tobacco-chewing old farceur who enjoyed dirty politics, business diplomacy, and cheating at poker) 42 Babbitt had only ten per cent., which... ...at’s why they don’t make high- class executives; they haven’t any sense of diplomacy. When the proper opportunity and occasion arises so it just comes... ...res. But even Paul lightened when Willis Ijams, a salesman with poetry and diplomacy, discussed flies. “Now, of course, you boys know.” he said, “the ... ...don’t think you better try it. You’re a good fellow. but I don’t know that diplomacy is your strong point.” Babbitt looked hurt, then irritated. “I me... ...en! With women, I mean. Course they got to go some to beat you in business diplomacy, but I just mean with women. Zilla may do a lot of rough talking,... ...bout to bring in the tragedy of Paul, but that was too sacred even for the diplomacy of love. “—when I get tired out at the office and everything, I l...

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...uld have been as glad to frighten Mrs. Saltram as to think I might by some diplomacy restore the Pudneys to a quieter vigilance. “It’s best you should...

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...vate office behind me I thought to myself: “H’m. A lot of lies. Commercial diplomacy. That’s the sort of thing a man coming from sea has got to expect...

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... the looked-for, the planned- for and intrigued-for; the object of so much diplomacy, such delicate manoeuvring; the pivot upon which all plans were t... ...o keep you company—to—to do your cooking for you?” But Condy, ignoring her diplomacy and thinking only of possible stories, blundered off upon another...

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...nder or slip round quietly while they look the other way.” “Ah! you define diplomacy,” murmured d’Alcacer. “A little of it here would do no harm. But ... ...trigues of individuals—you ought to know how that sort of thing works. His diplomacy made use of all that. The first thing to do was not to liber- ate... ... was hatred that had turned Daman into a self-made outcast, till Belarab’s diplomacy had drawn him out from some obscure and uneasy retreat. In a few ... ...Jorgenson, of course, had met it with a profound silence. His task was not diplomacy but the care of stores. After the effort of connected mental proc... ...cue not so ill as he looked. “He’s making the most of it. It’s a matter of diplomacy,” she thought. She thought this without irony, bitterness, or dis...

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...entralize and concentrate, and produce results. Two or three more years of diplomacy—with her beside him!—and then their real life would begin: study,... ...a tactician you are! Y ou make me feel that I hardly know the rudiments of diplomacy,” Darrow smiled at her, aban- 142 The Reef doning himself to a p... ...“I’m afraid I think nothing short of my own happiness is worth wasting any diplomacy on!” “That’s why I mean to resign from the service of my coun- tr...

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...der to the first two, and she made up her mind to display all her feminine diplomacy. All this, she said to herself, will be over and done with before...

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... to it, and, of those, two are ducal.” The letter was a piece of that easy diplomacy which comes from habit. The “of those, two are ducal,” was master... ...as well. 161 George Meredith Emilia came forward with a face like sunset. Diplomacy, under the form of Wilfrid Pole, kicked its heels behind, and sai... ...lovers, kissed under the plea of friend- ship. CHAPTER XXIII ALL WILFRID’S DIPLOMACY was now brought into play to baffle Mr. Pericles, inspire Emilia ... ... that until she had named the engagement, none had virtually existed which diplomacy, aided by time and accident, might not have stopped. “You must be... ...m—a whim.” The divided man saw himself whole, if not happy in the ranks of Diplomacy, with a resolute, frank, faithful woman (a lady of title) loving ... ... it, with your name in full.” But even in the red heat of passion his born diplomacy withheld his own signature. It was not difficult to override Brai...

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...comedy; but the old beau of the Empire considered the manoeuvre a piece of diplomacy. “Young man, do not take advantage of my sister’s inno- cence; re... ...g man of science?” Madame Thuillier ventured to say, for she never put any diplomacy into the expression of her thoughts. “Because he has not, like Pe... ...ke place. Your sister is frankness itself; she, at least, doesn’t practise diplomacy.” “Diplomacy!” echoed Brigitte. “I’ d like to see myself creep- i... ...ed, is he a spy? Well, I, monsieur, am the prefect of the secret police of diplomacy—of the highest statesmanship. And you hesitate to mount that thro...

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...e, kissing his mother violently as she followed him to the door. XI FEMALE DIPLOMACY C ALYSTE RAN with the lightness of a young fawn to Les T ouches a... ...he expression on Beatrix’s face and comparing it with that obtained by her diplomacy, “love has a wit of its own, wiser than that of all the world! Ta... ...ure’s financial eye, Bixiou’s wit, Finot’s shrewdness, Maxime’s pro- found diplomacy, and Leon de Lora’s genius. Madame Schontz, anxious to appear bot...

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...g man kept for use at any moment and possessing many secrets of the art of diplomacy, was insufficient for the dissipations of a life as splendid as t... ... who can withstand the alternating luck of gambling, the rapid missions of diplomacy, the war- fare of fashion and society, the dissipations of gallan... ...pped at every turn by the various notabilities of poli- tics, finance, and diplomacy, and requested to give his opin- ion on the future of the session...

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...r to quit that odious vulgar place, she did more harm than all Frederick’s diplomacy could repair, and perilled her chance of her inherit- ance like a... ...nt was desired to return from Vienna, where he was engaged in waltzing and diplomacy, and to con- tract a matrimonial alliance with the Honourable Joa...

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...et vanity to believe she was en dowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as T...

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... smiled. He set a short look at Aminta; and she, conscious of her detected diplomacy, had an inward shiver, mixed of the fascination and repugnance fe...

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...the most accomplished counsellor and orator among all man kind, while I for diplomacy and subtlety have no equal among the gods. Did you not know Jov...

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...r obligations of morality, and which so generally dis- graced the European diplomacy of that period. All those busy and ingenious speculations were no...

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...s. You’ve got to think of Parliament and abroad. There’s the army, there’s diplomacy. There’s the Empire. You can be a Cecil Rhodes if you like. You c...