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King Konrad Karl sat in the stern. "Gorman," said Donovan, "it will prolong my days if you go down and meet that king. Make it plain to him that it's no kind of use his trying to talk me round, because I'm not going to listen to him. He's welcome to stay in the palace as long as he likes. But he's not to worry me.
Konrad Krause is good during the day as well. When he wants something, he speaks without humiliating me; and something in the sound of his voice makes me happy. He does not permit anything nasty to be said about me in his presence. I like him very much. Recently I had a laugh over him. I was awoken by noise coming from the corridor outside my room. It was a conversation.
At this spot Konrad found a chest full of gold and silver coins, and returning to Bonn, he bought a house the splendour of which surpassed that of Heribert, who could no longer refuse his daughter to so wealthy a suitor.
He says your friend Donovan has bought the island of Salissa from that picturesque blackguard King Konrad Karl. I wonder if that can be true. Goldsturmer says he has it on the best authority." "Those 'best authorities'," said Gorman, "are invariably liars. I have known scores of them."
"There's not the least difficulty about approaching him," said Gorman. "I don't believe you'd care for him much if you knew him, and " Gorman cast about for the best way of saying that King Konrad Karl would not be a desirable friend for Miss Daisy. Donovan saved him the trouble of finding a suitable phrase.
Those stones must be immensely valuable." "Valuable!" Madame's voice rose to a shriek. "What is valuable compared to the safety of my Konrad? Valuable? They are worth ten pounds. Ten pounds, Gorman! I took them to Goldstein to-day. He knows jewels, that Goldstein. He is expert and he said 'They are shams. They are worth at most ten pounds."
The Elector had incurred the vengeance of the robber baron, Sir Konrad of Kauffingen, who, from his huge stature, was known as the Giant Ritter, by refusing to make up to him the sum of 4000 gulden which he had had to pay for his ransom after being made prisoner in the Elector's service.
Orme must not nod over her desk to-morrow, either. So good-night. Schlafen Sie wohl." Konrad Nirlanger turned a scowling face over his shoulder. Then he forgot what he was scowling for, and smiled a leering smile. "Pretty good frien's, you an' the li'l Teufel, yes? Guess we'll have to watch you, huh, Anna? We'll watch 'em, won't we?"
A solemn business, very carefully carried out under the immediate eye of the admiral. King Konrad Karl came running to Gorman. He was in a state of considerable excitement. "That admiral," he said, "has it in mind to stone the palace. He has stones for those guns. I know it." "If it was a matter of stones," said Gorman, "but they look to me more like shells." "Shells, stones, it is the same.
"Dear girl, you must run quickly and dress. For this evening we go to the theater. Oh, but you must. There shall be no unpleasantness, that I promise. My husband accompanies us with joy. Is it not so, Konrad? With joy? So!" Wildly I longed to decline, but I dared not. So I only nodded, for fear of the great lump in my throat, and taking Frau Knapf's hand I turned and fled with her.