THE KING′S JA

THE KING′S JA

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1、THEKING'SJACKALTHEKING'SJACKALBYRICHARDHARDINGDAVIS1THEKING'SJACKALITheprivateterraceoftheHotelGrandBretagne,atTangier,wasshadedbyagreatawngofredandgreenandyellow,andstrewnwithcoloredmats,andplantsinpots,andwickerchairs.ItreachedoutfromtheKigsapartmentsintoth

2、eGardenofPalms,andwashiddenbythemontwosides,andshowedfromthethirdthebluewatersoftheMediterraneanandthegreatshadowofGibraltarinthedistance.TheSultanofMoroccohadgivenordersfromFezthattheKingofMessina,inspiteofhingnito,shouldbetreatedduringhisstayinTangirwiththe

3、consideratioduetohisrank,soone-halfoftheHotelGrandBretagnehadbesetasdeforhimandhssuite,andtwosdiersftheBashaw'sGuardsatoutsideofhisdoorwithdrawnsrds.TheywereanswerablewiththeirheadsforthelifeandsafetyoftheSultan'sguest,andastheycouldspeaknolanguagebutthrown,t

4、heymadeavittohMajestymreamatterofadventurethanofetiquetteNiccolas,theKing'smajordomo,steppedoutupontheterraceandsepttheMediterraneanwithafield-glassforthethirdtiesiesunrise.Heloweredit,andturneddoubtfullytowardthetwsoldiers."TheboatfromGibraltar--hasshearrive

5、dyet?"heasked.Thetwebonyfiguresshooktheirheadsstiffly,asthoughtheyresetedthintroductionofaforeignlanguage,andcontiuedtoshaketheirheadsastheservantaddressedthesamquestiontotheminasuccessionofstrangetongues"Well,"saidColonelErhaupt,brikly,ashefollowedNiccolasou

6、tupontheterrace,"hastheboatarrived?Andthelaunchfromtheyacht,"hecontinued,"hasitstartedforshoreyet?"Themanpointedtowheretheyachtlay,amileoutsidetheharbor,andhandedhimtheglass."Itisbutjustnowleavingtheshp'sside,"hesaid."ButIcannotmakeoutwhocomesinher.A,pardo,"h

7、eaddedquickly,ashepotedtoa2THEKING'SJACKALstoutelderlygentlemanwhowalkedrapidlytowardthemthroughthegarde"TheGibraltarboatmustbein,sir.HereiBaronBarratcomgupthepath."ColoelErhauptgaveanexcamationofsatisfactio,andwavedhihandtothenewcerinwlcome."GotehisMajesty,"

8、hesaidtotheservant.Themanhetatedandbowed."HisMajestystillseeps.""Wakehim,"commandedErhaupt."TellhIsaidtodoso.We,Baron,"hecried,gayly,ashesteppedforward,"welco--orareyouwlcome?"headded,wit

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