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Updated: June 2, 2025
There seemed to be a murmured dissent to this, but a whispered explanation passed along the line and the few that had at first objected, nodded their heads in assent. "Our rule cannot be set aside," said the Freigraf, "unless with unanimous consent. Does any member demur?" No protests being made the Freigraf ordered Wilhelm to be taken to a cell, which was accordingly done.
When the examiner at the extreme left had uttered the word "Condemned" the Freigraf again spoke: "Is there any reason why the sentence just pronounced be not immediately carried out?"
It was manifest that the Emperor's trenchant sentences had disturbed more than one member of the convention, and even the Freigraf glanced in perplexity towards the supposed Archbishop of Treves as if for a hint anent the answer that should be given. As if in response to the silent appeal, Wilhelm rose slowly to his feet, while the examiner seated himself.
With this the examiner sat down, and for a few moments there was silence, then the Freigraf enunciated in a low voice the single word: "Condemned." And beginning at the right hand, each member of the Court pronounced the word "Condemned." Wilhelm listened eagerly to the word, expecting each moment to hear the voice of one or other of the Archbishops, but in this he was disappointed.
The Freigraf, as Wilhelm surmised him to be, occupied in the centre of this line a chair slightly more elevated than those of the three who sat on either hand.
He surmised that his seat was probably that of the Freigraf in the centre, but on crossing the threshold past the saluting guards, he saw that the Freigraf occupied the elevated seat, having at his left three Freischoffen, while the remaining seats at his right were unoccupied. It was a space of extreme anxiety when his two companions stopped to allow him to go first.
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