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The meal was faultlessly served at a round table lighted by candles in quaint silver candlesticks. Although not exactly an epicure, De Froilette understood a supper of this description as perhaps only a Frenchman can, and his taste in wines was excellent. He led the conversation into general topics, talked of Paris and London with equal ease and knowledge, and of Berlin, Vienna, and St.
The people will remember that there are others with an equal, or better, right to the throne than his Majesty, and then you will have the revolution." "I presume, monsieur, the leader is found, and only awaits the opportunity?" said Ellerey. "You are right, Captain, she is found," De Froilette answered slowly. "A woman!" Ellerey exclaimed, and he felt the color flush to his face as he spoke.
The Altstrasse began to wake, and grew noisy at an earlier hour than usual. The fact made De Froilette lean back in his chair in thought again. The news that the Princess had escaped was spreading that was natural, and with the town in an uproar, rebellion in the air, there were many who would look to him for a sign. They had been waiting for it and expecting it hourly during the last few days.
"I am not surprised," said Ellery. "Twice before you overtook me I heard the sound of galloping horses, and was prepared for an enemy." "And instead, behold a friend," De Froilette laughed, pushing a silver box of cigarettes across the table. "You must bear with me if I am prosy for a time. I can promise you that the end of the story is better than the beginning."
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.
Presently Lord Cloverton came mincing up the steps, pausing half a dozen times to greet acquaintances. He, too, was in excellent humor; but then he seldom allowed people to see him otherwise. "How I hate the man," De Froilette said to himself, going toward the Ambassador as he reached the vestibule. "May I have a word with you, my lord?" "A thousand, my dear Monsieur De Froilette.
"Francois has seen these men who have come back, and I am convinced that Captain Ellerey was as astonished to see the token as any one." "How could he be?" "Are you certain of the man who delivered it to him?" "As I am of myself. Do you still trust this Englishman?" "If he wished to deceive us he could have done so in a much more effectual way," said De Froilette, "and served his own ends better.
"Ah, but that was foolish," said De Froilette quickly. "You should have played with him even as I do. He believes that I am very friendly, while I hate him." "That is your method; it is not mine. I am not an adept at crawling, even to the British Ambassador." "What does he suspect?" asked De Froilette after a pause, during which he had seemed inclined to resent Ellerey's words.
"Within an hour, I warrant you, there will be spies out in every quarter of the city to try and find your hiding-place. You are safe so long as you remain here. What an advantage it is to have such a reputation for empty-headedness as I have. No doubt De Froilette played a trump card in telling Lord Cloverton of your presence in Sturatzberg.
I have already told you that she is, or was, in Sturatzberg You do not believe it. That is a pity." "I am beginning to believe it, monsieur," the Ambassador answered, "and I thank you for coming here to-day. The gates of Sturatzberg are not so well guarded as they should be." "That is not my affair," said De Froilette with a smile.
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