"An authoritarian liberal..." Arthur responded definitively, yet after a sip of wine, he pondered: "Or perhaps a liberal authoritarian."
Schneider, hearing this, waved his napkin playfully at Arthur and said, "Once you've finished dealing with that mess in Gottingen, hurry back to the Foreign Office to help me share the whip. Viscount Palmerston favours talents like you."
At this point, Schneider seemed intrigued, he mysteriously opened the door and glanced outside, then returned to his seat, lowered his voice, and said, "I've picked up quite a lot of interesting, unreliable gossip in Munich. Would you like to hear it?"
"About whom?"
"Austrian Prime Minister Metternich!"
"Has Mrs. Levin finally abandoned Viscount Palmerston and completely fallen into Metternich's embrace?"
"Oh..." Schneider smirked, "I don't pay attention to such low gossip. The rumor I heard is about Metternich and the former Prussian Foreign Minister Bensdorf."
"Hmm?"
