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A little light far ahead told the position of the gate, and for this they bent their steps, Lorry and Quinnox conversing in low tones, the Princess striding along silently beside the former, her hand in his a fact of which the real soldier was totally unaware. Reaching the gate, the captain pounded vigorously, and a sleepy monk soon peered from the little window through which shone the light.
Quinnox allowed them to walk a few paces down the flagging, away from the curious gaze of the persons below. "Oh, Baldos!" she cried, her heart suddenly melting. "Is she Prince Dantan's sister?" Her hand clasped his convulsively, as he nodded assent. "Now I do love you." "Thank God!" he whispered joyously. "I knew it, but I was afraid you never would speak the words.
At parting she said, seriously: "A great deal depends on your discretion. Mr. Anguish. My guards will watch your every action, for they are not in the secret, excepting Quinnox, and any attempt on your part to communicate with Grenfall Lorry will be fatal." "Trust me, your Highness. I have had much instruction in wisdom to-day." "I hope we shall see you often," she said.
He's the fellow who saw me er who was in the throne room." "He is the man who saw nothing, sir." "I remember his obedience," he said, laughing in spite of his unhappiness. "Am I to have no freedom up here no liberty, at all?" "You are to act as the Abbot or the prior instructs. And, I must not forget, Quinnox will visit you occasionally.
"I don't like the looks of things," said Baron Dangloss, time and again. His men were never so alert as to-day and never so deceived. "There can't be trouble of any sort," mused Colonel Quinnox. "These fellows are ugly, 'tis true, but they are not prepared for a demonstration. They are unarmed. What could they do against the troops, even though they are considerably depleted?"
"They are not robbers or they would be off like rabbits" he said reflectively. "Your highness, there are many roving bands in the hills, but I confess that these men are unlike any I have heard about. With your permission, I will ride down and question them." "Do, Quinnox. I am most curious." Beverly sat very still and tense.
"Come here, Baldos," commanded Beverly, a bit pale, but recovering her wits with admirable promptness. "This is a matter which I shall dispose of privately. It is to go no further, you are to understand." "Yes, your highness." "You may go now. Colonel Quinnox will explain everything," she said hurriedly. She was eager to be rid of him.
The present dynasty was to end at one o'clock! So said Marlanx! How could Dangloss or Braze or Quinnox say him nay? They would be dead or in irons before the first shock of disaster had ceased to thrill. The others? Pah! They were as chaff to the Iron Count. The calm that precedes the storm fell upon the waiting throng; an ominous silence spread from one end of the avenue to the other.
The count, lean and gray as a wolf, revealed rows of huge white teeth in his perfunctory smile of welcome, while young Quinnox's face fairly beamed with honest joy. In the post that he held, he was but following in the footsteps of his forefathers. Since history began in Graustark, a Quinnox had been in charge of the castle guard.
"Impossible!" exclaimed Quinnox. "I cannot allow that, sir. My instructions are to " "Hang your instructions! All the instructions on earth can't compel me to sit up here and see this sacrifice made. I am determined to see her and put a stop to the whole affair. It is what I feared would come to pass.
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