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Title: Their majesties as I knew them; personal reminiscences of the kings and queens of Europe
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Paoli, Xavier, 1835- Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921
Subjects: Europe -- Kings and rulers
Publisher: New York, Sturgis (and) Walton
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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hall have itat the next station. I was beginning to feel uneasy. At the follow-ing stopping-place, there was no sign of a carpet.We were approaching the frontier, where my mis-sion ended. I, therefore, resolved to apply to theminister of public-works. Your excellency. Your carpet? he broke in. Quite right, xiiydear M. Paoli. The orders have been given andyou shall have it when you leave us at the otherstation. But here again, alas, nothing! And, as I com-plained to a third excellency of this strange pieceof neglect: 124 THEIR MAJESTIES AS I KNEW THEM Its an omission. Come with us as far asStrassburg, where you will receive satisfaction. At this rate, they would have carried me, by easystages, to Teheran. I, therefore, gave up all hopesof my carpet. And, taking leave of these amiablefunctionaries, I heard the good Shahs voice cry-ing in the distance: Good-bye, Paoh, worthy Paoli! Till our nextmeeting! I never saw liim again. IV THE TSAR NICHOLAS II AND THE TSARITSA ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA
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THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF RUSSIA ANDTHE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS IV THE TSAR NICHOLAS II AND THE TSARITSA ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA 1. ONE morning in June, 1901, I had justreached the Ministry of the Interior andwas entering my office, when a messengercame up to me and said, solemnly: The Prime Minister would like to speak to youat once, sir. When a public official is sent for by his chief,*the first thought that flashes across his brain is thatof disgrace, and he instinctively makes a rapid andsilent examination of conscience to quiet his anx-ious mind, unless, indeed, he only ends by alarmingit. Nevertheless, I admit that when I received thismessage, I took it philosopliically. The PrimeIMinister, at that time, was M. Waldeck-Rousseau.It is not my business here to pass judgment on thepolitician; and I have retained a most pleasant 1 In France, the premiership is very often held in conjunction withthe portfolio of the Interior, or Home Ofl5ce.—Translators Note. 127 128 THEIR MAJESTIES AS I KN

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