Part 50 (2/2)
”Perhaps Captain Ellerey betrayed his trust and delivered the wrong ested the Ambassador
De Froilette looked at hi so he may have unconsciously served the State,” Lord Cloverton continued, ”and perhaps--of course, uess rather wildly sometimes--perhaps balked the intentions of those Russian troops which, for no apparent reason, have been gathering on the frontier”
Then De Froilette laughed
”You are prepared for all eht; but I conceive that you are
The diplomatic brain is so fertile it surpasses me”
”It is a soil which so many persons throw seed into, monsieur,” was the answer ”Those who deal in tier to their interests in the political ferood; I shall advise the King When Captain Ellerey co an end to the interview
When the door had closed upon the Frenchnantly The smile invited coards Ellerey,” said Ward, ”and astonishe”
The Ambassador nodded
”He should be watched,” said Ward
”That is no longer necessary,” was the quick answer ”Whatever power he one He is chiefly concerned about his own skin nowadays, and it would not surprise me to hear that business had suddenly called hi ”
De Froilette went quickly back to the Altstrasse, and it would appear that Captain Ward's estimate of his attitude was near the truth He sent for Francois at once
”The net is being drawn in, Francois,” he said
”Are ithin it?”
”We shall easily escape,” was the answer ”Is everything ready to depart at a moment's notice?”
”Yes, monsieur”
”Good You carry a revolver, Francois?”
The ain Captain Ellerey will return to Sturatzberg--may have done so already That he has played us false we know, that he can give evidence against us is certain Revenge and safety, therefore, lie in the same direction Watch for him, Francois, as I shall, and silence him”
”And his servant?” asked the man
”If your private quarrel with the servant leads you to do so, no harm will be done” And with a wave of the hand he dismissed him
The news that Princess Maritza was in the hands of the King's troops and was being brought to Sturatzberg had reached the city early that , but the neas not i conveyed to her by a trusted er who had much to do on his way, and the fact that she had lately keptit fro are ever the longest days to live through, and the hours had dragged heavily for Frina Mavrodin since Baron Petrescu had started for the hills Hardly anyone saw her except Hannah, and the old serving wo her distress by her own She little knew the terrible struggle which raged in the breast of this beautiful woood and bad in her, all those latent forces which lie in the heart of everyone, sprang into life and fought equally for the hts froh her restless dreaht desperately for her whether he loved her cause or not, as hourly under the spell of her enchantrow the ht of it, and all the charm which sonificance It was not sufficient to win the love of this er Troubles or desires, or whatever thoughts assail at such a time, lose their proportion, and idleness lends vitality to the evil lying dormant Was there no way to win her desire? Between it and her stood only the Princess, an eneht she not be swept out of the way? How easy such a thing seeround all Maritza's hopes of success Why not speak theood in her, and she turned away in horror froht of such treachery
It was in a fierce er arrived
Dumitru, travel-stained yet unweary, more keenly alive now perhaps than he had even been as Anton in the hills, came to her