his lordship consulted the list that lay before him and blinked in affected wonderment at its length and variety, “and being summoned to answer for them to your superiors, you embarked upon a course of action which, had it proved fatal, would have rendered your country and your sovereign an even greater disservice than anything you had previously contemplated.” He raised his eyes from the multitude of reports and regarded their subject coolly. “And when I say fatal, I mean, of course, to your adversary.” Nathan acknowledged this distinction with a small bow and pointed out that he had not meant to kill, or indeed, even wound, his opponent; that he had, in fact, deliberately fired wide. “Did you indeed? Well, I can only say that this shows a more mature judgement than is your normal practice; the one consistent theme in this wretched miscellany of error and miscalculation being that you invariably act upon an impulse as hazardous to our friends as it is to our enemies.” Earl Spencer spoke in the dry, confident tones of a man who has been used for the greater part of his life to saying very much what he liked to whomsoever he pleased without regard for the consequence.
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