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He turned to the two officers who had followed Stadinger, and answered their questions instead. "A bullet in the breast," he said in a whisper. "The prince desired to be brought to his own quarters, and we have been as careful as we could, but the end is nearer than I thought." "No hope then?" asked Walldorf. "Not the slightest."
"Forced into service?" "No, a volunteer." "Since when?" "Since the thirtieth of July." "You have been through the whole campaign?" "At your service, Herr lieutenant." "Very well. You can take my message to the Captain." The soldier saluted and left the room. Walldorf had been a little surprised at this examination, but gave no second thought to it.
The soldier who stood on the threshold of the door had hesitated, and made a movement to retreat into the darkness again. Now he obeyed; he remained close to the door, his face in the shadow. "You come from the outpost yonder on chapel mountain?" questioned Walldorf. "At your service, Herr lieutenant."
To be sure the Herr Rojanow of Rodeck, who ordered every one around, even the prince himself, and the orderly whom Lieutenant Walldorf ordered to come forward because he didn't speak loud enough, were as far apart as heaven and earth. If it had not been for the voice! "Then your highness, you think " Stadinger began again. "I think you're an old ghost-hunter," said Egon gently.
Yes, Regine, the day has gone by when we can keep the children in leading strings. When they get ready, they want to choose their own partners for life and I must say they're not far wrong." The last sentence was uttered with seeming carelessness, but Regine understand it fully. Thoughtfully she repeated: "Walldorf? The name is strange to me. When did Toni meet him?"
He knew full well that something was the matter with his master, that it was no thought of battle which clouded his sunny face. The door opened and Lieutenant Walldorf entered without closing it. "Come in," he cried to some one behind him. "Here's an orderly from the seventh regiment with some information. Come in, orderly!" Walldorf repeated his invitation to enter in an impatient tone.
Walldorf's a handsome fellow, and lively, and head over heels in love; he seems a little light and frothy now, but that will disappear when he gets a sensible wife like Toni. These model sons are not always to my taste; they get too skittish when they break loose. We have an example of that in Will. Walldorf will resign in the Autumn.
"I need not fear a duel when I mention your names to one another," he said laughing. "You'll have to meet some day. Herr von Eschenhagen Herr von Walldorf." "Bless me! I at least declare for peace!" cried Walldorf gaily. "Herr von Eschenhagen, I am rejoiced to know my future wife's cousin, who got ahead of us at the altar.
Finally Walldorf got out of all patience with him and said: "I believe, Stadinger, you'd like to strap the prince on your back and take him off to Rodeck with you. The camp is no place for anxiety or alarm, remember that." "Then the prince had to reconnoitre to-day," added Eugen.
"But there's plenty of chances for them to shoot now, isn't there?" asked the old man with such anxiety that the officers had to laugh aloud. "Yes, there's chances enough to shoot," Walldorf asserted. "You seem to be afraid of a gun. You're safe from any stray shots here!" "I?" the old man straightened himself; he was deeply insulted. "I wish to God I could be in the midst of it all."
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