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84 BULGARIA ATTACKS HER ALLIES [cii. xii.
the way by Bukharest, which was far longer and less
convenient, or that by Varna, the Black Sea and Odessa.
Towards mid-day the King’s private secretary, M.
Dobrovitch, came to see me to convey to me the
grateful thanks of his master for all my efforts which had
ended in the wise decision arrived at by the Government
the evening before. The King added that he hoped that
I should uphold the legitimate rights of Bulgaria in
St. Petersburg. I replied to Dobrovitch that I was
aware of the decisive part the King had played at the
council the evening before, and that I would use my
best efforts to make the conference about to open in
St. Petersburg truly beneficial to Bulgaria.
The following day, 16th (29th) June, which was a
Sunday, I had several talks on the telephone with
Danev about our departure. Danev asked for a further
respite, and suggested going by Varna, whence the
Russian boat was leaving for Odessa in two da3^s. I
rebelled at such a delay and suggested starting for
Varna that evening and embarking on a Russian
torpedo-boat which had been stationed there since the war and
was always at my disposal. But Danev, who—just like
his colleague of the Forum, Cicero—was terribly afraid
of sea-sickness, refused my proposal and ended by
promising me to be ready to start on the Tuesday by
any route I might choose.
To induce Danev to start as soon as possible, I
represented to him that as soon as it was known in
Belgrade that our departure was settled, M. Pachitch
would immediately step into the train and would precede
us by a few days in St. Petersburg. This childish
argument had a great effect on Danev! However, by
Monday morning I realised that Danev was escaping
me again, and that his beautiful enthusiasm had given
way to some ulterior motive which he was concealing
from me.
Our journey, as is well known, never came off.
On Monday morning, towards nine o’clock, two of
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