Part 55 (2/2)
”Quick, Captain They de in The Baron and those with hi as possible”
”The Princess!” Ellerey exclaimed
”She has been warned,” said Stefan
”She will get away She will have time,” said Frina ”They will not find her room easily”
”Whatever is done must be done quickly,” said Stefan from the door
”Even now they drive the servants up the stairs, and the good fellows fight every inch of the way”
”By the river is a house,” exclaimed Frina--”only rubbish is in it
Maritza will come that way Go to her TheYou can easily drop into the garden”
”And you?”
”I shall stay here”
”You cannot; you o!” Frina cried ”You e to-day”
”But you--ill you do?”
”I, too, ht her hand and raised it to his lips
”God keep you,” he whispered
”And you, Des to the
”Do I come?” asked Stefan
”No,” Ellerey answered ”The Countess is in your keeping Guide her to safety”
”I will do all ahimself free by the stout branch of a creeper near the , and dropped into the garden
CHAPTER XXVI
REBELLION
The servants, heartened by Baron Petrescu, contested the stairs step by step With all the odds against the for the mistress they loved, and were staunch to athe thick carpet with their blood, yet even in dying struck onewith such unexpected resistance iven or asked for In the forefront of the battle Petrescu's sword did deadly work, for so ers that those behind dared not fire It was a hand-to-hand struggle, steel to steel, and although there could be no real doubt of the issue, the Baron knew that the longer he could hold the soldiers in check, the et away
Stefan was silent until the sound of Ellerey's quick steps in the garden had ceased