text: THE GREAT PRINCE SHAN
  
  by 
  
  E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 
  
  1922 
  
  CHAPTER I 
  
  "A club for diplomats and gentlemen," Prince Karschoff remarked, looking lazily through a little cloud of tobacco smoke around the spacious but almost deserted card room. "The classification seems comprehensive enough, yet it seems impossible to get even a decent rubber of bridge." 
  Sir Daniel Harker, a many years retired plenipotentiary to one of the smaller Powers, shrugged his shoulders. 
  "Personally, I have come to the conclusion," he declared, "that the _raison d'être_ for the club seems to be passing. There is no diplomacy, nowadays, and every man who pays his taxes is a gentleman. Kingley, you are the youngest. Ransack the club and find a fourth."
tokens: THE GREAT PRINCE SHAN by E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 1922 CHAPTER I " A club for diplomats and gentlemen , " Prince Karschoff remarked , looking lazily through a little cloud of tobacco smoke around the spacious but almost deserted card room . " The classification seems comprehensive enough , yet it seems impossible to get even a decent rubber of bridge . " Sir Daniel Harker , a many years retired plenipotentiary to one of the smaller Powers , shrugged his shoulders . " Personally , I have come to the conclusion , " he declared , " that the _ raison d'être _ for the club seems to be passing . There is no diplomacy , nowadays , and every man who pays his taxes is a gentleman . Kingley , you are the youngest . Ransack the club and find a fourth . "
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