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Updated: July 5, 2025
"And, of course, you long for an opportunity of wiping out the defeat?" said Frina. "Curiously enough, that idea has not risen uppermost in my thoughts," Petrescu answered. "I owe the Englishman an apology for the attack which was made upon him directly he succeeded in wounding me.
"You Northmen, in spite of your many virtues, are slower to understand than we Southerners are. Would you have me pluck the fruit for you as well as show you the tree? Sturatzberg may be in open rebellion before a week is out, and Frina Mavrodin may have to leave it. I will say no more. Even my generosity has a limit." Ellerey could not fail to understand his meaning.
This had always been Maritza's argument, and there had been some signs that she was right. Frina knew that the material for revolt was to hand, but a resolute leader had been lacking. Now this want had been supplied by Captain Ellerey. It was round Ellerey that the whirl of Frina's emotions centred.
The news that Princess Maritza was in the hands of the King's troops and was being brought to Sturatzberg had reached the city early that morning, but the news was not immediately known to Frina Mavrodin. It was being conveyed to her by a trusted messenger who had much to do on his way, and the fact that she had lately kept much at home accounted for her not hearing it from any other source.
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."
This person, at present, occupied a suite of rooms in Frina Mavrodin's house, and this evening she reclined at full length among the cushions of a low couch, and watched a door at one end of the room expectantly. Her hand was stretched out to a bowl of flowers on a table by her side, and she plucked a petal at intervals which she crushed and let fall.
Then she said with manifest effort and a faint smile as she laid her hand upon the attache's arm: "No, indeed; what can it matter to me?" When Lord Cloverton left Frina Mavrodin he hurried to the vestibule and sent a message to the King, asking for an immediate and private audience, and De Froilette saw the Ambassador go to the King's private apartment soon afterward.
Not for a moment did Frina suppose that Dumitru was cognizant of the fact that her house would be searched; she did not believe that they had gone to escape discovery. If such had been the case she would have been taken into their confidence.
"Whatever is done must be done quickly," said Stefan from the door. "Even now they drive the servants up the stairs, and the good fellows fight every inch of the way." "By the river is a house," exclaimed Frina "only rubbish is in it. Maritza will come that way. Go to her. The window. You can easily drop into the garden." "And you?" "I shall stay here." "You cannot; you must not."
The door was suddenly burst open and Stefan entered. "Quick, Captain. They demanded admission, which was refused, and they are breaking in. The Baron and those with him will hold them as long as possible." "The Princess!" Ellerey exclaimed. "She has been warned," said Stefan. "She will get away. She will have time," said Frina. "They will not find her room easily."
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