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I knew that it was in Bernenstein's thoughts no less than in my own; for neither of us had been able to form any reasonable scheme by which the living king, whom half Strelsau now knew to be in the city, could be spirited away, and the dead king set in his place.
Those days she lived in its golden mists that shut out all the cold world from her, moving through space that held but one form, and time that stood still waiting for one divine unending moment. And the embassy drew near to Strelsau. It was night, the dead of night, and all was still in the palace.
And it's ten o'clock. My cousin, why isn't Strelsau mourning for our lamented king? Why aren't the flags at half-mast? I don't understand it." "No," murmured Rischenheim, his eyes now fixed on his cousin's face. Rupert broke into a smile and tapped his teeth with his fingers. "I wonder," said he meditatively, "if that old player Sapt has got a king up his sleeve again!
"And they shall have their answer then," said she, flushing and smiling. "It is as much as any lady could say," the court declared; and it was reported through all Strelsau that the match was as good as made, and that Osra was to be Grand Duchess of Mittenheim. "She is a sensible girl, after all," cried Rudolf, all his anger gone. The dream began, then, before they came to the cottage.
Of course, the truth soon flashed through my mind, but it brought no comfort. Rudolf Rassendyll was in Strelsau. He had been seen by somebody and taken for the king. But comfort? What comfort was there, now that the king was dead and could never come to the rescue of his counterfeit? In fact, the truth was worse than I conceived. Had I known it all, I might well have yielded to despair.
"His Highness the Duke of Strelsau bade me set this wine before the King, when the King was weary of all other wines, and pray the King to drink, for the love that he bears his brother." "Well done, Black Michael!" said the King. "Out with the cork, Josef. Hang him! Did he think I'd flinch from his bottle?" The bottle was opened, and Josef filled the King's glass. The King tasted it.
The common people are coupling her name with that of the Duke of Strelsau, and the duke gains much popularity from the suggestion. I have caused the announcement that the King gives a ball tonight in honour of the princess to be widely diffused, and the effect is good." "That is news to me," said I. "Oh, the preparations are all made!" laughed Fritz. "I've seen to that."
Anton heard me with a judicial wrinkle on his smooth brow. "That's all very well," said he, "and I dare say you're bound to say so. All I know is that Rischenheim dropped a hint to Colonel Markel a day or two ago." "Rischenheim believes what he hopes," said I. "And where's he gone?" cried Anton, exultantly. "Why has he suddenly left Strelsau?
My brother is a good man and true so that, for all that he is a married man and mighty fond of his wife, he should know any secret of mine. But this secret was not mine, and I could not tell it to him. "I don't think it's so much like me as the photograph," said I boldly. "But, anyhow, Bob, I won't go to Strelsau." "No, don't go to Strelsau, Rudolf," said he.
I RECEIVED the telegram sent to me by the Constable of Zenda at my own house in Strelsau about one o'clock. It is needless to say that I made immediate preparations to obey his summons. My wife indeed protested and I must admit with some show of reason that I was unfit to endure further fatigues, and that my bed was the only proper place for me. I could not listen; and James, Mr.
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