A Servant of Satan: Romantic Career of Prado the Assassin — page 67: what you’re looking at

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A SERVANT OF SATAN, 59 table. I ROUGy Ss he is simply plucking us like so many blue- necked pigeons.” Had Frederick obtained any inkling of the purport of Captain Clery’s remarks about his extraordinary run of luck, or was it mere coincidence that he lost twenty guineas at ecarte on the following afternoon? Be this as it may, the fact remains that during the rest of the voyage he seized various pretexts for absenting himself from the card-table, and devoted his whole time to a very lovely girl, Florence — Fitzpatrick by name, to whom he had been presented by Sir Charles. Her father, who hailed from County Cork, held a high command in the Army of the ‘‘ Guicowar,” or King of Baroda, and had made the acquaintance of General — von Waldberg some years previously at Vienna. The old count had not only treated him with much kindness and consideration, but had also obtained him facilities for at- _ tending the annual maneuvers of the Prussian and Austrian Armies. He was therefore delighted to have an opportunity of making some return for the courtesy shown to him by Frederick’s father, and warmly pressed the young man to visit him at Baroda. About a fortnight after landing in India, just as Fred- erick was beginning to grow heartily sick of Bombay, he re- ceived a letter from Colonel Fitzpatrick reminding him of his promise to spend a few weeks at Baroda, and urging him to come up at once so as to be in time for a big tiger- hunt which was about to take place. Accordingly, on the next day, having telegraphed to the colonel to announce his impending arrival, he started on his journey up country. Ss Gomicboo (ee) Me