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I looked down at her gravely. "I am beginning to hope someone did," I said. She shot a quick glance at me over her fan. "Are you tired of Dornlitz so soon?" she asked. "I think I want to stay in Dornlitz," I answered. "But the alternative, Major, the alternative." "That is why I want to stay." She smiled. "You did that very prettily," she said. "I shall forgive you the the kiss."
"Ever been in the private apartments of the Palace of Dornlitz?" "No I think not." "I mean, particularly, the corridor where hang the portraits of the Kings?" "I don't recall them." He laughed shortly. "Believe me, you would recall them well," he said. "What the devil are you driving at?" I asked. "I'll show you the night you dance with the Princess."
"I'll make a try for him," I answered; "but the time is very short." It was ten miles to Dornlitz, and we did it in an hour. On the way, I explained the whole situation to the Princess and read her the letters. She was amazed and her indignation was intense. Nor did she hesitate to express it freely before Bernheim. And I saw his stern face break into a glad smile. It told him much.
"Come along, then; we turn to the right here." "Only" I began. "Oh! I'll have you back in time for breakfast," she cut in. "That was what you meant?" "Your Ladyship is a mind reader." "Nonsense! I'm human enough to have an appetite, too." "Perhaps there is an inn on the way," I suggested. She shook her head. "There's nothing to eat before Dornlitz, if we go that route."
The King was in the North and the Princess was with him and so, for a time, was Lotzen, I happened to know; though I understood he had, now, left them and was returning to Dornlitz. I wished him a long journey and a slow one. His suave courtesy was becoming unbearable; and my sorest trial was to receive it calmly and to meet it in kind.
"The first problem to solve is: What motive this woman has in proclaiming herself your wife. There are only two motives possible, I think, and this registry utterly eliminates one of them." "You mean it is not blackmail," I said. "Exactly." "And the other motive?" "Revenge." "Oh, no," I said; "that woman didn't come from America to Dornlitz simply for revenge." "Very good," said Courtney.
He glanced languidly at the envelope; then picked it up quickly and scrutinized it sharply. "We both are wrong," he said, and he motioned for the servant to return it to me. I knew he had recognized the writing and that it called for more respect than a careless fling across the table. I broke the seal and drew out the letter. It bore the Royal Arms over the word "Dornlitz."
I have a Chateau near the French Border the lady leaves for Paris and goes by way of the Chateau. Comprenez vous?" I wanted to laugh in his face. What a charming scheme to get Mrs. Spencer out of the Kingdom! "But, suppose," said I, "she cuts the Chateau and keeps right on to Paris?" "Trust me, my dear Marshal, she won't cut the Chateau. I shall be with her when she leaves Dornlitz."
From the recess, we could see all that entered and hear every word said. And it struck me how very eloquent it was of the character of the Marquise de Vierle that she should, deliberately, provide a concealed audience while she greeted alone every man and woman of Dornlitz Society. I must admit I rather enjoyed the experience though I very rarely guessed the face behind the mask.
Spencer, who claims to be my wife," I said. "She has sought an audience with the Governor of Dornlitz, and demanded to know why orders have been issued that she be refused exit from the city. I offered to explain, if she, on her part, would disclose her reasons for coming to Valeria.
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