Part 25 (1/2)
”My friendshi+p would proe hi The torch now put to the dried wood is in his hand What is he to ; but I would save him if I could What he is to you, I do not know I ae his departure
It must be done proht hold, and not all, even now, shall escape the burning”
”Your appeal to ht stir me, Lord Cloverton, did I knohere to find Captain Ellerey”
”In that, Countess, I cannot help you I had hoped you would know
Have I your pere?” She inclined her head
They had returned close to the spot froes in the Bois, and hardly any pedestrians now Lord Cloverton had, however, seen aclose to the roadway, and he beckoned hie
”What news?” he asked sharply
”Every gate is closely watched, 's orders Captain Ellerey is to be stopped if he attempts to leave the city”
”I fear we are too late to render any service,” said the A to the Countess ”It is a pity The hand that holds the torch can hardly escape”
”It is not thought that the Captain has already left, but all efforts to find hin from Lord Cloverton he withdrew
”I believe we are allies at heart, Countess; it is a pity we have no power to act”
”Perhaps you exaggerate the danger”
”I fear not,” he answered, as he stepped fro Good-day, Countess; if I can save the situation, it must be by the sacrifice of my countryman, I fear It is a pity”
He stood bareheaded until the carriage had driven away, and then went quickly toward the Embassy If Frina Mavrodin knehere Captain Ellerey was, as Lord Cloverton was convinced she did, she would warn him
Whatever interests Ellerey had at heart, he would not chance disaster by atteates was relaxed to some extent There must, therefore, be delay in whatever plot was in hand, and a few days noere of priceless value
Politics had little place in Frina Mavrodin's thoughts as she drove hoh the city She had denied that Desht he not have done so after all?
What she had seen ht only have been the end of a quarrel Baron Petrescuher which Ellerey had resented If Lord Cloverton had spoken the truth, Ellerey's last thought had been of her She was quite content that her fair faer Whatever Lord Cloverton's aiates were closed against Ellerey's departure Without warning he would almost certainly be taken How could she help hie stopped Servants were in the hall expectantly awaiting her
”What is it?” she asked
”In your absence, Countess, ere powerless,” answered her nation ”The order was imperative”
”What order?”
”The order to search the house”