The Blue Diamond
“The large state parties thrown by the various delegations were attended by everyone, of all nationalities. These do’s were generally referred to as Babel parties, due to the multiplicity of languages heard there. It was his duty to act as interpreter for Castlereagh, who spoke French in a manner that was nearly unintelligible, and German not at all. At these large do’s, he had met Herr Kruger and his daughter, Maria, but he was not on close terms with them. They were habitués of Austrian Headquarters; he was more often to be found at the Princess Bagration’s Russian Headquarters, for the more intimate parties where real friendships were advanced. An early interest in the young lady had died aborning when it was learned she was most often to be found in the company of a certain Austrian colonel, Count Rechberg, one of the reigning beaux of the Congress.
Mentally reviewing what he knew of the Krugers, he was coming to the conclusion they could not be involved in selling stolen jewels.
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