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Updated: May 31, 2025
From time to time he heard inklings of the plot which was to culminate on the fatal 26th; he did not get the details in particular, but he knew that the bomb was to be hurled at the Prince near the entrance to the plaza and that Marlanx's men were to sweep over the stricken city almost before the echo died away. There was a telegraph instrument in the outer room.
Sunday night a quick sortie was made, it being the hope of the besieged that two selected men might elude Marlanx's watch-dogs during the melee that followed. Curiously enough, the only men killed were the two who had been chosen to run the gauntlet in the gallant, but ill-timed attempt to reach John Tullis. On Monday morning the first direct word from Count Marlanx came to the Castle.
These and many other edicts were issued from Marlanx's temporary headquarters in the Plaza almost at the foot of the still veiled monument of the beloved Princess Yetive. Toward evening, after many consultations and countless reports, Marlanx removed his headquarters to the Tower. He had fondly hoped to be in the Castle long before this.
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