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"And must your Eminence really leave us to-morrow? " said the Emperor Franz Jozef I., with polite regret, as Cardinal d'Orsay, Papal Nuncio accredited to the court of Vienna, prepared to rise for the final leave-taking.
"Indeed, your Majesty, did not most imperative duty call me away, I would never of my own accord have left this charming and hospitable city. As it is -- -- " The Cardinal sighed, and a resigned expression crossed the aristocratic features of this martyr to his duty.