Excerpt from Dr. Bluff in Russia, or the Emperor Nicholas and the American Doctor: A Comedy in Two Acts But if Count Pahlen, owing to some unaccountable deficiency of taste, should not be disposed to many either of those two charming women? Nesselrode. Impossible! - He is too faithful a subject to render himself guilty of such a want of respect for the Emperor. It would be little short of high treason. No, no - when the Czar commands, a Pahlen obeys - or... Viscountess - [Aside.] This is dreadful. Heaven protect us! Scene IV. - Enter James. James. Doctor Bluff begs leave to present his respects to her ladyship. Viscountess. Show him in. Nesselrode. Dr. Bluff! Where did I see that name? Certainly, something has called my attention to it. Viscountess - [With some show of uneasiness.] Do you know any thing of the Doctor? Nesselrode. I think I do, madam, [Aside.] Let me see... let me see... Where did I see that name? Ah!... I have it. Viscountess - [Whose uneasiness increases.] Do you know the object of his coming here? Nesselrode. No, not exactly. [Aside.] I think I do, though. [Drawing a newspaper from his pocket, he glances at it hurriedly, and says to himself: [There it is. Lucky it is that this paragraph in the London Times struck me. Scene V. - Re-Enter James. James - [Opening one of the lateral doors and announcing: ] Doctor Bluff. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.