CHAPTER XIII

MISCELLANEOUS MEMORIES

My Embarrassment--A Spy--I Am Easily Taken In--A Demand for Fifty Pounds--A Threat--I Defy the Blackmailer--A Warning--Gladstone's Refusal to meet Gambetta--My Husband's Dilemma--Russian Views on Duelling--Kinglake Challenges Prince Louis Napoleon--My Brother's Views--Kinglake's Charm--The Value of an Englishman--The Dogger Bank Incident