The newcomer was not in uniform, yet Boone felt the creep along his scalp of an electric and dramatic thrill because the giant height of lean stature, the calmly indomitable bearing and the indescribable stamp of greatness proclaimed the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch; the man from whose sure grasp the supreme command had been Filched by a jealous weakling; the man who might have saved Russia.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
Lydie, in spite of her influence and her high position, could do so little to punish Gaston, now that by his abominable treachery he had Filched every trump card from her.
"Petticoat Rule"
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy