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Title: The Great Prince Shan
Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
Release Date: August 6, 2004 [eBook #13123]
Language: English
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THE GREAT PRINCE SHAN
by
E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
1922



CHAPTER I

"A club for diplomats and gentlemen," Prince Karschoff remarked, looking
lazily through a little cloud of tobacco smoke around the spacious but
almost deserted card room. "The classification seems comprehensive
enough, yet it seems impossible to get even a decent rubber of bridge."
Sir Daniel Harker, a many years retired plenipotentiary to one of the
smaller Powers, shrugged his shoulders.
"Personally, I have come to the conclusion," he declared, "that the
_raison d'etre_ for the club seems to be passing. There is no diplomacy,
nowadays, and every man who pays his taxes is a gentleman. Kingley, you
are the youngest. Ransack the club and find a fourth."
The Honourable Nigel Kingley smiled lazily from the depths of his
easy-chair.
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