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His head was turned to the man who had befriended him. Hand in hand, Trusia and Carter arose and stood over the pulseless form. Trusia was the first to speak. "We cannot leave him here, dear. Poor, poor Carrick," and she threatened to sob. Carter slipped his arm about her comfortingly.
Apparently the dynasty of which he was the head had ceased with his deposition. "Humph," he ejaculated, "here is something interesting. 'Sole descendant of Augustus. Girl, twenty-two, name Trusia. Pretty, poetical Trusia! I like it. Seems to me I'll be repeating that name a good deal. I wonder what she's like." He looked up again, his face glowing with enthusiasm.
That no remark might escape his vigilant ears, Josef edged cautiously to the outskirts of the group now gathered around the Americans. Trusia espied him, and much against his desire haled him to the fore. "You must make amends, sir," she prompted, though not unkindly, "for the annoyance you have caused Captain Carter."
Then hurriedly Sobieska recited to Zulka the outline of the conspiracy and Delmotte's connection with it. "If you will let me help," said the artist appealing to them all, "I'll show you that though a bourgeois Frenchman, I know how to die." Trusia held out her hand impulsively. "I thank you, monsieur," she said simply. "Forgive me if I have been late in discovering that you are a brave man."
He suddenly remembered a forgotten duty, and the possibility of its performance was now causing him some perplexity. "You look troubled, Captain Carter," said Trusia, at his elbow. "Is there anything we can do?" He smiled gratefully. "Yes, Highness," he responded eagerly. "I was just cudgeling my brains for a suitable form in which to present my request." "It is "
He jingled the coins in his pocket with insolent significance. "He's surely drunk, but what does he mean, Major?" asked Trusia in bewilderment. "I do not know, Highness," he replied tensely, "but if, as I suspect, some treason's afoot, I would suggest he be at once taken to the castle for a formal investigation." The man guffawed impudently.
Restrained, however, it had mounted higher and higher, until at last, broadened, strengthened, and deepened, it had swept triumphantly over the dam and kept on its way. He felt that he was undergoing the same process in restraining the natural expression of his love for Trusia. Unconscious of his comprehension, she, too, had grasped the lesson of the stream.
Standing apart, his handsome boyish head hung in shame, as if ostracized for incompetency, stood a young fellow whom Carter recognized as the escort of the Lady Trusia. His face was pale and dejected. Apparently unaware of the presence of the strangers, he was fingering his revolver holster. The heavy gate closed behind them with an ominous clang. A chill ran down Carter's spine.
It was decided that Carter and Sobieska should proceed to Vienna; Muhlen-Sarkey and Trusia with their two attendants were to cross into Germany at the nearest point, thence travel by rail, while Josef and the rest should embark boldly from Schallberg.
"How then did he hear or know of Count Zulka?" sneeringly suggested Josef. Carter noticed that again the momentarily favorable impression had been destroyed. Josef for some strange reason was aggressively opposed to a vindication of the two strangers in Krovitch. "Your Grace, there was a club in New York City," Carter explained to Trusia, "of which Paul Zulka and myself were members.
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