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Even as she spoke Dumitru seized the Princess. "Come!" he said, as he threw a cloak about her to conceal her identity. "To-day we fail; to-morrow Ah!" It was a short, sharp cry, a cry with finality in it. Whatever to-morrow might bring forth, he should have no part in it. His hand still grasped the cloak as he fell backwards, and Maritza was dragged down with him.
The task of finding you will occupy the Minister's attention for a little while, and if De Froilette is ready, he will seize the opportunity to strike his blow. That is why I offered to drive Captain Ellerey to his lodging. If the token is to be given to-night he will not be there to receive it." "It may be sent to him," said the Princess. "That is why Dumitru watches by the Western Gate."
The Baron would have been killed had not those who were watching saved him." "They interfered?" said the Princess. "Yes, to save the Baron." "They did not stop at that?" said the Countess eagerly. "Tell me what happened." "Have I not said he is a devil?" answered Dumitru. "They rushed upon him and he fought them all.
When she had gone the man dropped swiftly on one knee by the couch. "Well, Dumitru?" "He returned to-day," said the man, rising and standing erect. "He went straight to the lodging of this English Captain." "And then?" "To Court, Princess." "And his mission, Dumitru was it in my interests, think you?" The man made a fierce clicking sound with his tongue.
"Thus, Princess," and the man's dark eyes gleamed as he just showed the keen, thin blade of a dagger which he carried in his cloak. "Not without my command, Dumitru," she said hastily. The man bowed low, disappointed perhaps that the same spirit was not in her as was in him. "We may use this English Captain for our ends," she went on.
The Princess has been delivered by the brigands," and Dumitru told her the whole story quickly. "To-night she will be brought back to Sturatzberg," he went on, "although it is given out that she will not come until the morning. The gates will be shut, and when the streets are quiet they will be opened again. Not many soldiers are with her, and those within the gates will hold all danger cheap.
Dumitru, travel-stained yet unweary, more keenly alive now perhaps than he had even been as Anton in the hills, came to her. "What news? What news?" she cried, springing up. "The worst, Countess." "Dead?" "No; the Princess lives." "Yes, yes; and those who are with her?" "Are on their way to the city," Dumitru answered. "We could not enter openly; we had to delay, and exercise the greatest care.
"I have a way and you shall help me, Dumitru, when the time comes. That Lord Cloverton has visited him shows that some new pressure is to be brought to bear upon him. We shall see how he stands in this, whether firm or not, and may learn how to act ourselves." "He is ready to act when the token is given him," said Dumitru. "He has a few desperate men who are pledged to his service."
The attack will come from all sides at once, and the soldiers will be taken by surprise. We cannot fail." "Does the Princess know, Dumitru?" "Not certainly, but she will be expectant and ready. You understand whose command you have to obey, and the signal?" The men about him nodded and smiled with quiet confidence, while Dumitru passed on to others to answer similar questions.
"A king!" "Yes, a king, and though he be a foreigner, I for one shout for him." "A king, Dumitru; tell me, does he love the Princess?" "Surely he must, since for her cause he has shown no great affection. He will be here to strike one more good blow for her, and, loving her, may learn to love her cause too. We may yet triumph, Countess. But listen.
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