Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
With the bracelet in my possession I am safe. It will buy the King's courtesy, or, if it suits better, the Queen's obedience. I thank you, friend Vasilici," and with a mocking bow to the lifeless brigand, De Froilette took up his hat and cloak, and left the room by a door concealed in the wall behind his writing table.
It was a sleepless night for the Ambassador. This was just such a complication as might embroil the nations of Europe in strife, an excuse which might serve to snap diplomatic relations and spread the lurid clouds of war from the Ural range to the shores of the Atlantic. One thing seemed certain, De Froilette had not repeated his information broadcast.
"By doing so he may have unconsciously served the State," Lord Cloverton continued, "and perhaps of course, monsieur, one has to guess rather wildly sometimes perhaps balked the intentions of those Russian troops which, for no apparent reason, have been gathering on the frontier." Then De Froilette laughed.
"No; my men remain in the hills." "We have been overreached," said De Froilette; "but only for a little while. It was a good move of yours to deliver up the Princess, although it might have been wiser to shoot her. There will be many lives lost through her today. She escaped last night. Do you know that?" "I have heard nothing else since I entered the city," returned the brigand.
Petersburg only a little less intimately. "I have said I am cosmopolitan," he explained. "After all, it is the greatest nationality to which a man can belong. Coffee in the library, Francois." De Froilette ushered his guest into another room, which from floor to ceiling was lined with books books on all subjects and in many languages.
"You will help me by doing so," said Cloverton. "In Sturatzberg, my lord," said De Froilette. "Do you imagine he will return to the very centre of his danger? I am inclined to think he has crossed the hills and taken the quickest way out of Wallaria." "You do not know the man, and you forget he is an Englishman," said De Froilette. "They are desperate fellows, these English adventurers.
"Any information respecting Captain Ellerey's whereabouts just now will be of immense advantage to me that is, to the country. He is one of those reckless young men who, while winning our admiration, do not blind us to the fact that they are dangerous." "Ah, I have admired him and seen the danger for a long time," De Froilette answered.
He might be an enemy, but he looked as though he would prove an honest and open one, incapable of anything mean or underhand. Presently he made some remark to his companions, who nodded acquiescence, and then they separated, and were lost in the crowd crossing the vestibule, just as De Froilette returned. "Pardon me for leaving you, monsieur; shall we seek her Majesty?"
He was the kind of man who would have nerve and determination enough to attempt a desperate venture, and having little to lose and all to win, might go far toward success. He and De Froilette apparently held little communication with each other; the characteristics of the two men were antagonistic; and the Englishman might be quite as capable of playing a deep game as the Frenchman was.
"I heard him once speak of Princess Maritza," De Froilette went on. "He had met her in England; and I read the story behind his careless words. Here in Sturatzberg the Princess must have seen him, and for love of her he espoused her cause. She is being brought to the city, and he will surely follow her. Seize him, my lord, and you nip the rebellion in the bud."
Word Of The Day