And yet the Monarchy lasted eight centuries and the Revolution eight years.

Perhaps Fate may yet exact payment for the excesses of those eight years from a nation for which the watching world already prepares a secondary place in the councils of empire.
The larger room had been assigned to Loo.

There was a subtle difference in the Marquis's manner toward him.

He made an odd bow as he quitted the room.
"There," said Colville, whose room communicated with this great apartment by a dressing-room and two doors.

He spoke in English, as they always did when they were alone together.