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I must make another opportunity of quarrelling with you for laughing at me. Shall I take you back to the ball-room?" "No, thank you. I am tired, and will stay here." And with a low bow Ellerey left her. The fact that he had been sent for and the probable meaning of that interview, did not take first place in Frina Mavrodin's thoughts for a time.
No; the departure had taken place for the furtherance of plans in which she had no part, and which she promptly linked with the disappearance of Captain Ellerey. It never occurred to Frina to set watches to warn the Princess should she return. She would not return. For good or ill she had begun the final move toward her goal. What were her plans? What chance had they of success?
Frina knew what secret societies nursed the cause of Princess Maritza in the city. She knew to a unit what support could be depended upon, knew the exact value of it, the strength and the weakness of it. The cause had looked to the hills for support, not without reason, perhaps. Were not the men gathered there rebels, ready to strike a blow at the Government?
"You have heard the story; were you told the bribe the King offered?" Ellerey did not answer, but Frina understood in a moment that he did know. "Yes, Captain Ellerey, that tempted me; but with it came a clearer knowledge, and I saw that for me only one road lay open. I have taken it. Maritza is in a room from which there is an escape. The King suspects me.
The last conjecture was wrong, however, for standing in a position which commanded the entrance to the suite of state rooms, the Ambassador presently saw Frina Mavrodin on the arm of an attache of the Austrian Embassy, an offshoot of a princely house who, rumor said, had already been twice refused by the fair lady, and was only awaiting an opportunity to adventure his case for a third time.
A sword thrust here, a blow with his fist there, a savage breaking through them, and he escaped unhurt." "Splendid!" exclaimed Frina, her face aglow. "Splendid, Frina? Is not the Baron our friend?" Yet there was a glow in Maritza's eyes, too. "And is not Captain Ellerey the man you have work for? You should rejoice." The Princess looked at her for a moment, and then she smiled.
Good-day, Countess; if I can save the situation, it must be by the sacrifice of my countryman, I fear. It is a pity." He stood bareheaded until the carriage had driven away, and then went quickly toward the Embassy. If Frina Mavrodin knew where Captain Ellerey was, as Lord Cloverton was convinced she did, she would warn him.
"Something has frightened Monsieur De Froilette; I wonder what it is." Joining the little crowd round the Countess Mavrodin, he entered into the conversation with the heartiness of a man who hasn't a care in the world; and one by one the others withdrew, it was so evident that the Ambassador intended to remain. Frina Mavrodin desired nothing better.
One that Princess Maritza had been rescued and brought to your house; the other that you were a traitress." Frina started, but Ellerey went on quickly "Hear me to the end. Heaven knows I am in no mood to take you unawares. The man who brought this tale of you came from the palace.
If she indulged in dreams sometimes, they were shadowy visions, pleasant enough, but taking no distinct shape, demanding no definite consideration. The awakening had come when Princess Maritza had spoken of him. She had said little, but Frina had read the deeper meaning underneath her words.
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