[The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath]@TWC D-Link bookThe Puppet Crown CHAPTER XV 9/45
We lack not courage. Let us secretly arm and watch for the opportunity to strike a blow for our rights.
Confusion to the Osians, and may the duchess soon come into her own!" He jumped from the stage, and another took his place; the haranguing went on.
The orators were serious and earnest; they believed themselves to be patriots, pure and simple, when in truth they were experiencing the same spirit of revolt as the boy whose mother had whipped him for making an unnecessary noise, or stealing into the buttery. While the excitement was at its height, a man, somewhat older than the majority of the students, entered the bar-room from the street, and lounged heavily against the railing.
His clothes were soiled and wrinkled, blue circles shadowed his eyes, which were of dull jet, the corners of his mouth drooped dejectedly, and his oily face, covered with red stubble, gave evidences of a prolonged debauch. "Wine, Stuler, wine!" he called, laying down a coin, which gleamed dimly yellow in the opalescent light.
"And none of your devilish vinegars and scums." Stuler pounced on the coin and rubbed it between his palms.
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