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CHAPTER TWOLord Victor was asked to be at 10 Downing Street at ten o’clock promptly. He drove there in his chaise and he was thinking that once again he felt like a troublesome pupil going to the Headmaster’s study. He was, however, a great admirer of the Marquis of Salisbury, who had been for many years the dominating influence in British Foreign Policy. Lord Victor knew, from what he had heard and read, that the Marquis, as a younger Statesman, had been a brilliant administrator at the India Office and he was aware that in particular he was an authority on Russian affairs and the Eastern question. When Foreign Secretary he had played a most influential part in the Congress of Berlin ten years ago. This, Lord Victor realised, linked up with what the Queen had said about Russia. He w