"You must forget everything like fine scenery when you go to St. Petersburg," said Robert Hazlehurst.
"Not at all; I hope to take a trip to the Crimea while I am in Russia. I shall do my best to ingratiate myself with the owner of some fine villa on the Black Sea."
"And have you really made up your mind to be a regular diplomatist?" asked Mr. Wyllys.
"For a time, sir; so long as I can serve under Mr. Henley, or a man like him."
"I used to see a good deal of Henley, some twenty years since," observed Mr. Wyllys. "I should think him particularly well fitted for his duties."
"I have the highest respect for him," replied Harry.
"He is a good model for an American diplomatist," added Robert Hazlehurst. "A man of ability, good education, and just principles, with simple, gentlemanly manners; always manly in his tone, and firm as a rock on all essential points."
"But those are only a small portion of the qualifications of a diplomatist," said Mr. Stryker. "According to the most approved models, the largest half should be cunning."
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