The young man who is now riding up at a gallop is precisely the sort who prefers to inspire extended speeches in his own adoration, and since it is his first day, we will indulge him
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Rupert stares at her for a moment in complete disbelief before responding. "You mean to tell me this is not Ruritania?"
It is possible, to his mind, that he crossed unknowing the border into Germany, though he was quite certain that he rode in the opposite direction. And he had yet to hear of even the maddest of fools in Germany who hadn't heard of Ruritania. What would be next--declaring England as an imaginary country? France as fallacy?
"Nor do you know of Ruritania." Rupert sighed and bowed, determined to make the best of it. "Forgive me my manners, fair maiden." He takes her hand and raises it to his lips, favoring her with a dashing smile that has only rarely failed him. "I am Rupert of Hentzau, a gentleman from that very country. Perhaps you could enlighten me as to my current whereabouts?"
"So I've been told." Rupert looks him over with raised eyebrow. This level of effeminacy is unusual in Ruritania, and it makes him wonder as to Denis' employ. "May I know where I am and who it is I am addressing?"
Armand is sitting on the porch, puzzling over things, when the man rides up. He follows him inside. "I'm afraid I don't know anything of Ruritania. You aren't there anymore."
A horse? She hasn't seen a horse since the tape, and never before that. Everything else put aside, put aside for the Lynet in her Lynette, she goes quietly to the horse and touches it with her blackened, dirty hands.
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It is possible, to his mind, that he crossed unknowing the border into Germany, though he was quite certain that he rode in the opposite direction. And he had yet to hear of even the maddest of fools in Germany who hadn't heard of Ruritania. What would be next--declaring England as an imaginary country? France as fallacy?
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"Was I? An admirer!" Rupert grins. "What pictures, exactly, are these?"
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