Gelett Burgess

Name: The Visionists — Chapter VIII
Author: Gelett Burgess

The Visionists — Chapter VIII (1905)

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“The Visionists — Chapter VIII”, published in 1905, is a work by Gelett Burgess. It explores elements such as Mangus, O'Brien and Nomé.

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Gelett Burgess, The Visionists — Chapter VIII (1905)

“ I have cast my lot irrevocably with the Cause—I cannot go to Lord Felvex now, I cannot go back to my old place at home."
"Listen!" said Mangus. "The Circle meets this evening. You will find them on the offensive, a majority, no doubt, against you. But you might try to conciliate them. That is the reason I sent for you. The time is so near now, that I cannot risk any uncertainty or quarreling. What the Circle decides, I must accept. We may have word from Berne at any moment, and that moment we must strike. Can you come tonight? We meet at seven o'clock."
"I will come," Nomé answered. ”

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Gelett Burgess, The Visionists — Chapter VIII (1905)

“ Now we can strike, and we shall strike hard; we shall strike again and again while there is one of us left—till we have forced Humanity to recognize what we stand for."
"How far has O'Brien gone?" Nomé asked. "Can't you convince him that I have delayed only by your orders?"
"I have handled O'Brien well enough so far—it is Irma Strieb who is making mischief now. The two of them are hatching some scheme, and I dare not oppose them too far. It may be that they will compel a new casting of lots, thinking that you are not to be trusted. ”

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Gelett Burgess, The Visionists — Chapter VIII (1905)

“ But now, Irma Strieb has threatened the whole situation with her damnable jealousy of you. I understand it now, and I don't see why I didn't notice it before. She should never have been sent to Lord Felvex's house, and least of all as a servant. She is dangerous. She has only hinted before, but now she knows your relations with Felvex, and she has joined O'Brien to explode the information in the Circle, and if she does, it may blow me up with you. I can't force them any longer—they must be managed. ”

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Gelett Burgess, The Visionists — Chapter VIII (1905)

“ Your charms would serve, if you were willing to spend them on aristocratic dupes, the way Belle Spiritan does. But you're not the temperament to go into the subtleties of such machinations—I see that now. You're not clever enough for an international spy. You're too intense, you're too egoistic to adapt yourself to the thousand polite acts that are necessary. Belle Spiritan's quite the type for that—you're for the grand heroics. ”

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Gelett Burgess, The Visionists — Chapter VIII (1905)

“ My will is supreme in the international committee, but I shall lose all influence if I cannot hold my own section."
"Why not tell the Circle?" asked Nomé.
"It would be too dangerous," he replied. "This action is too important. One can never be sure there are no spies in our camp. It was for that reason I dared not tell them, last month, just what work was planned for you. Of course they know now. But if word leaked out, every foreign section would be in danger, and most of the members on the Continent are marked men. ”

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Gelett Burgess, The Visionists — Chapter VIII (1905)

“ How can I ever face myself till I have proved myself worthy of this sacrifice? How can I now prefer my own personal happiness to the good of the Cause? I must trust to your judgment that no other victim will serve, but I beg you to try me. ”

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Gelett Burgess, The Visionists — Chapter VIII (1905)

“ We are not nearly so strong as we were. We are obtaining no new recruits, while the foreign sections are holding their own, and more. I cannot afford to go against the opinions of the majority now, for we are near a crisis. I must play them as one plays children to hold the Circle together, or there will be a split and O'Brien will lead a seceding party that will hurt us a good deal with its indiscretion. ”

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Gelett Burgess, The Visionists — Chapter VIII (1905)

“ Nomé asked. "It seems to me that you should have struck long ago. If we made our demonstration, the general danger would hold the Circle together, wouldn't it?"
Mangus spoke in a lower key.
"I must confide in you," he said. "I can't play my hand alone any longer. The situation is critical. You must know, from what Belle Spiritan told you, that we are involved in larger issues than the mere assassination of one man who happens to have been our enemy, though that is all O'Brien believes, or cares. ”

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