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You were a fool, monsieur, to bring him to my notice." "I may have been mistaken." "May? Indeed you have," she answered. "Heaven help him if he returns to Sturatzberg; he will sorely need it." "I say I may have been mistaken, your Majesty, and that is what I mean," said De Froilette calmly.
"Monsieur De Froilette, your Majesty, has just informed me that his Majesty is on his way here." For one moment the Queen stood undecided. "Do not unfasten it, Captain Ellerey," she said, laying a detaining hand upon his. "To-morrow, some time before midnight, it shall be sent to you. Not to your lodging, that might be dangerous. Wait for it at the Toison d'Or.
"And since we parted have been speculating on the reason, is it not so?" "Naturally." "I think I can help you; I believe you can assist me. There is the position in a nutshell. I am honest. I make no pretence of liking unprofitable friends myself. But we will talk afterward, monsieur," he added, as a servant announced supper, and De Froilette led the way into an adjoining room.
You crave for excitement, so come to Sturatzberg. The promise of adventure will ever attract men of spirit and " "And the failures at home," suggested Ellerey. "I was going to say men of courage," De Froilette answered, "but the failures come, too, and succeed sometimes." "You are as doubtful of the reward as I am," said Ellerey, laughing. De Froilette did not join in his merriment.
It had been as wakeful a night for Jules de Froilette as it had been for Frina Mavrodin, but he had spent it in no restless pacing up and down, nor in listening for expected footsteps. Francois he knew was prowling about the streets. In the early hours of the morning the servant had come hastily and told his master of the rescue of Princess Maritza.
His scheme had failed through this cursed Englishman, but De Froilette had not dared to tell the waiting men so, had not dared to tell them at any moment he might be compelled to fly for safety. They were rebels, and would be quick to see treachery in any failure when they had not even been given the chance to strike a blow for success. Presently a servant brought him coffee and some rolls.
Men like Captain Ellerey do not join themselves to such a cause as ours for the love of it, but in their own interests. I have put down his somewhat off-hand treatment of me to his feeling of security in being your Majesty's trusted messenger." "So Monsieur De Froilette, ever so suspicious, has lived to become weakly confiding." "I have another reason to urge," the Frenchman went on.
Anton did not answer, but waited, resting on his elbow. "No man loves being fooled, Princess," Ellerey went on, turning round hastily, "and that I have been by the Queen, by De Froilette, and by you, but of them all you only have insulted me. What contempt must you have for me to think even of such a thing! Let me be as short and brutal.
For such favors there was always a price to be paid in some form or other. Would it be wise to go to the Altstrasse? And another question came to him, a question that set his pulse beating faster for a moment. Was this De Froilette an emissary of the Princess Maritza? Might she not be in Sturatzberg now? Might he not see her to-night?
The brigands, it is true, have played into the hands of the State, but there seems little doubt that they were waiting for a message from Sturatzberg and were prepared to act upon it. They did not receive the message they expected, and so became revengeful. Now what message did they expect, and from whom was it to come?" De Froilette shrugged his shoulders.
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