"Let no one misunderstand my status
here: I am come direct from His Majesty the Emperor with full power and
authority to command and direct affairs which you have, individually,
collectively, proved yourselves either unfit or unable to cope with. What I
do, I do in my absolute discretion, with the full sanction and confidence
of the Kaiser. He who questions my judgment or my actions, questions the
wisdom of the All-Highest. Let it be clearly understood I am answerable
to no one under God but myself and my Imperial master. Henceforth be good
enough to hold your tongues or take the consequences--and be damned to you
all!"
Briefly he stood glowering down at their upturned faces, then sneered, and
turned away.
"Come along, O'Reilly," he said. "Fetch the woman, and give no more heed to
swine-dogs!"
His hand slipped up the rail to the first floor, vanished.
If O'Reilly followed with the woman mentioned, both kept back from the rail
and so out of Lanyard's field of vision.
The group at the foot of the stairs moved away, grumbling profanely.
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