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Updated: May 16, 2025
"You are sure of this?" "Quite sure." "Who will follow for love of him?" she asked. "They are of the kind who follow more readily for money," answered the man. The girl remained thoughtful for a few moments. Something in the man's information had set her thoughts running in a new channel, and while she mused Frina Mavrodin entered the room hurriedly. Dumitru bowed low before her.
"You are early," said the Princess. Frina turned to Dumitru. "Captain Ellerey has returned early to his lodging, too; it would be well to watch. I do not think it will happen to-night, but should any messenger seek him we must know at once." "Go, Dumitru," said the Princess, and when he had gone she turned to her companion: "What has brought you home so early?" "You, Maritza.
No one could know his movements better than Dumitru, and he had shown no fear concerning him. Even if the King possessed information which might point to the probability of his arrest, Ellerey's courage and resourcefulness were factors to be reckoned with before his arrest could become an accomplished fact.
"It may prove an insecure retreat," Frina answered. "There is no escape from this room. I have arranged another place for you. Come, and come quickly." "Are you suspected, Countess?" asked Dumitru anxiously. "I fear so, but they will hardly trouble me to-night. Still, I do not feel that you are safe in this room, Maritza."
"Aye, he is a man, I grant you that strong, resolute, and rides as though horse and rider were one piece." "And honest, Dumitru. I have looked into his face and thought him so." "Can one judge so easily?" asked the man. "Besides, honest or not, he is for our enemies." "Our enemies must be swept aside," she said imperiously, as though not only the will, but the power to do so were hers.
"Fly, Princess, while there is time," Ellerey shouted. The last words were spoken almost in a whisper, and they maddened him. Here was death, butchery, and she was in the midst of it. "Maritza! Go, dear! Go!" he cried. "Let me hold them back for a moment. I will follow. Petrescu! Dumitru!"
Presently the door opened, and an elderly woman entered an English woman, plain in feature and resolute in manner. "You have been spoiling your flowers," she said, seeing the scattered petals on the carpet. "Never mind them. Has Dumitru come, Hannah?" "Just come." "Then bring him in, bring him in. Why do you wait?" exclaimed the girl, half-rising from her reclining position.
He knew nothing of the tale which had been told concerning the Countess. Frina had closed the door and stood beside them, but she did not speak. As Ellerey turned and showed that he had no other question to ask Dumitru, she led the way back, but at the door of her room she paused. "You have come to protect the Princess, Captain Ellerey. You are welcome.
For an instant their eyes met, her lips whispered his name, and then she threw up her arms, and with a low cry fell prone upon the steps of the statue. Maritza, who was bending over Dumitru, turned swiftly and made one step towards her when Stefan stopped her. "Come," he said. And this time he waited for no pleading.
Perhaps, when his happiness is greatest, he will sometimes think of the woman who helped him to it." There were hurried steps in the corridor, and the next moment Princess Maritza and Dumitru entered. "So far the fates are with us, Frina," said the Princess, taking the Countess's hands in hers and kissing her; "but I little thought to use your house again as a refuge."
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