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Updated: June 3, 2025
"Yours?" she skeptically inquired of Carrick. "Where did you get it?" "He probably stole it. He had it hidden under his shirt," suggested Josef. Her fine brows drew together in annoyance as she turned to look steadily into the crafty eyes of him she called Josef. "You forget your place, sir. I gave you no leave to speak. Have you forgotten that I am the Duchess of Schallberg?
Worn with the battle which had witnessed his defeat, he had just completed his cipher message, when, following a modest knock at the door, Josef entered complacently with the pent-browed peasant at his heels. "If monsieur desires to send despatches," said the Hereditary Servitor, "he can make his arrangements with Johann here. Johann goes at once to Vienna, via Schallberg.
Carter felt a strong desire to see and expose this Josef who held such an exalted place in the confidence of Her Grace of Schallberg. Symptoms threatening a tiff were evident in the Lady Natalie's voice. "Really, Your Grace," she said with dignity, "am I to understand that you'd take his word before mine?" "Your Grace? what nonsense! Between you and me! Don't pout, dear.
A crown means weariness and strife. Are you so anxious to take up its cares? They will come soon enough." She spoke in a sweetly serious voice that was not without its effect upon him. "Besides," she said, "the Bishop of Schallberg has waited many years to perform that office. Would you rob him of it?"
A fortune in bills presumably for bribes, a road map of our country, and the name of 'Zulka' written across the capital, Schallberg." At the reference to Zulka's name used in connection with the alleged plot, Trusia gave a slight start and a reproachful look clouded her eyes. Frankly, fearlessly, he met her glance as well as the steel-like glint from Sobieska.
"Don't say that," he begged, raising his hopeless face to read her condemnation. "With the five survivors of the last assault, I escaped, Highness, to bring the news, so that you might be saved. My companions mark the road to Schallberg. The enemy followed me to your very gates.
"If it meets with Your Majesty's approval, we will start to-morrow for Vienna," Trusia said. "There we will await Colonel Sutphen's summons from your capital, Schallberg. Major Carter, Josef, myself and the Countess Muhlen-Sarkey will accompany Your Majesty. The other gentlemen will attend the Colonel. They precede us to ascertain if all is in readiness." "Will the gentlemen travel in uniform?"
Zulka is a Krovitzer. Has a mediæval castle at Schallberg. Capital, I think it is. Saunderson the newspaper fellow let fall a hint that there was going to be a big fight over there. That was after Zulka went abroad so suddenly. They're going to try and restore the ancient monarchy or something. Hand me that volume of the Encyclopedia 'H-o-r' to 'L-i-b' I think will cover it. I'll look up Krovitch.
"I am going again to Schallberg, soon," he continued in his same manner of large good nature, "and hope the beastly hole will furnish more excitement this time. Could you arrange it, eh, Colonel?" and he turned smilingly to the troubled Krovitzer. "We'll try," replied the veteran, "forewarned is always forearmed." Vladimar assumed a look of gravity.
If harm comes to me, you all shall swing. Schallberg, Lore, Bagos are already ours. What," he continued with a comprehensive sneer, including all present, "did you think that you had conquered the Bear so handily?" They felt it was the unwelcome truth he was speaking. All day the distant booming of guns had sounded in their ears as the "death bells" ring for the superstitious gude-wife.
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