"Dr. Dale," replied ropers, "is a man of honour, of good years, learned, and well experienced; but perhaps he unfortunately misapprehended some of your Alteza's words, and thought himself bound by his allegiance strictly to report them to her Majesty."
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"Your Highness, no," replied ropers.
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With mischief-makers like Champernoun in every city, and with such diplomatists at Ostend as Croft and ropers and Valentine Dale, was it wonderful that the King and the Duke of Parma found time to mature their plans for the destruction of both countries?
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