“That it would be an excellent thing for you to give up your country-gentleman life in England, and come here.”
“But for what reason?”
“To be my successor.”
Maurice stared at him in open-mouthed astonishment, but in another moment Justinian vanished.
CHAPTER XX.
A DIFFICULT QUESTION.
If you this question strange decide,
This way, that way, at your pleasure,
It surely cannot be denied,
If you this question strange decide,
That Fate’s prerogative’s defied,