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Updated: May 17, 2025
I am forced to refer again to a subject which, on a former occasion, gave you some displeasure. You must pardon my importunity, since I believe the danger is imminent." "I am all attention," the King answered, conscious of the slight embarrassment there was in Lord Cloverton's manner.
They were men the King trusted, but it was doubtful if their opinion ever weighed with him to the same extent that Lord Cloverton's did. The news astonished the Ambassador, but was reassuring. Whatever the cause, the Queen's plans at any rate had miscarried, and the brigands were evidently not to be tempted into the service of Princess Maritza.
No one had seen Captain Ellerey; indeed, few people appeared to know him, or to have heard of him. This Lord Cloverton did not believe. He thought he recognized Frina Mavrodin's influence at work in such ignorance. It was on the following day that Monsieur De Froilette called at the Embassy, and was shown into Lord Cloverton's room.
She was quite content that her fair fame should rest in his keeping. Now he was in danger. Whatever Lord Cloverton's aims might be, one thing was certain the city gates were closed against Ellerey's departure. Without warning he would almost certainly be taken. How could she help him? There was confusion at her door when the carriage stopped. Servants were in the hall expectantly awaiting her.
The Princess did not tell her plan, and Frina Mavrodin forgot to question her. Within a short time of Lord Cloverton's return to the Embassy, spies and secret-service agents were abroad in the city endeavoring to discover the whereabouts of Princess Maritza.
There was a sharp word of command as they passed into the street, and so, escorted by the King's troops, the man and woman who were being searched for in every corner of the city passed out by the Northern Gate and through the Bois, and were presently driving along the Breslen road. Lord Cloverton's arrangements had been very carefully and completely made.
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