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The conspirators had made several fruitless attempts during the Diet, but chance had preserved the king. Since his return to Stockholm, the king frequently went to pass the day alone at his château at Haga, a league from the capital. Three of the conspirators had approached the château, at five o'clock on a dark winter's evening, armed with carbines, and ready to fire on the king.
It was Haga, the father of Ordgar. "My eyes are not what they were, and I see no sign as yet. Ah, here comes little Siward!" A boy of some twelve years approached him very silently, as if some serious business was about to be transacted, of such nature as to subdue boyish loquacity. "Come hither, Siward, my grandchild, and lend me thine eyes and ears, for mine are now dulled by age.
It was he who had written the anonymous letter to the king, in which the king was warned of the failure in the attempt at Haga, and that which threatened him at this fête; with one hand he thrust forward the assassin with the other he held back the victim, as though he had thus prepared for himself an excuse for his remorse after the deed was done.
"Nay, thou wouldst force me to deceive thee; there cannot be many more." "Who is their leader?" "Haga, son of Ernulph." "Thy father?" The victim seemed resolved to say no more. "Place him on the rack again." But the fortitude of the captive did not seem equal to the last supreme trial. "Hold!" he cried, "I will confess all."
The Dutch envoy declaring that he would sooner throw himself into the Bosphorus than remain to be treated with less consideration than that accorded to the ministers of all great powers, the remonstrances of envious colleagues were hushed, and Haga was received with all due honours.
"Mercy, mercy," cried the fugitive. "What dost thou fear? If thou art a true man no harm shall befall thee. We are not robbers." The Englishman, for such he was, descended, and was at once secured and bound to prevent his escape. "Now, fellow," said Hugo, "who art thou? Whose vassal art thou?" "My name is Ordgar, son of Haga." "Haga, formerly a thrall of my estate?" "The same."
When we left that city on the evening of the 6th of May, there were no signs of spring except a few early violets and anemones on the sheltered southern banks in Haga Park; the grass was still brown and dead, the trees bare, and the air keen; but the harbour was free from ice and the canal open, and our winter isolation was therefore at an end.
I made a very agreeable excursion also to the royal palace of Haga, to the large cemetery, and to the military school Karlberg. The royal castle of Haga is surrounded by a magnificent park, which owes little to art; it contains some of the finest trees, with here and there a hill, and is crossed by majestic alleys and well-kept roads for driving and walking.
What is the nature of this energy? The question does not appear to have been yet solved. It certainly appears, according to Professors Haga and Wind and to Professor Sommerfeld, that with the X rays curious experiments of diffraction may be produced. Dr Barkla has shown also that they can manifest true polarization.
"I have told thee, Ordgar, son of Haga." "Thou art a vassal of Aescendune?" "I was." "And art: my rights over thee cease not." "I do not acknowledge thee as my lord." "Thou mayst think better of it anon. Now thou wilt please answer my questions. "Scribe, take down his replies." "He will not fill much parchment." "We shall see. "Where hast thou been hiding from thy lawful master?"
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