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"I promised Weingarten only fifty louis d'or, so fifty remain over for myself, without counting the ducats which the princess intends for me. Besides, I shall be no such fool as to give my servant, who steals from me every day, the reward the princess has set apart for him; and if I give him outside work to do, it is my opportunity; he is my slave, and the reward is properly mine."
In this despairing and sorrowful mood he had entered the office, and awaited in vain for petitioners who would pay him richly for his services. But the hours passed in undisturbed quiet, and Baron Weingarten was in the act of leaving the office, as the servant announced Baron von Waltz, and the court councillor, Zetto, from Vienna.
It appears that Weingarten is in great need of money; for a hundred louis d'or, which I promised him, he confided to me that Trenck's enemies had excited the suspicions of the king against him, and declared that Trenck had designs against the life of Frederick." "The miserable liars and slanderers!" cried Amelia, contemptuously.
"It appears," remarked Weingarten, mockingly, "that the officer had reason to believe he might trust you with this terrible secret." "You see, however, that he was mistaken," said the baron, smilingly. "I demand of you to warn the King of Prussia of the danger that threatens him."
"Gentlemen," said Baron Weingarten, smilingly, "No one has spoken of a present, but of a payment, a bribery, and you can readily understand that this is insulting to a man of honor." "Ah, he leaves open a door of escape," thought Zetto. "He is won, he can be bought. You are right, baron," he said aloud, "and we are wrong to offer you now that which hereafter will be a debt of gratitude.
Oh, I will reward him as if I were a rich queen, and not a poor, forsaken, sorrowful princess." "Write, princess, write," cried Pollnitz, eagerly: "but not have the goodness to give me the hundred louis d'or before Mademoiselle Marwitz returns. I promised them to Weingarten for his news; you can add to them the ducats you were graciously pleased to bestow upon me."
But, alas! the effects and money they have robbed me of have never been restored; and for the miseries they have brought upon me, they could not be recompensed by the wealth of any or all the monarchs on earth. Estates they may, but truth they cannot confiscate; and of the villainy of Abramson and Weingarten I have documents and proofs that no court of justice could disannul.
With a firm, sure tread, he hurried through the halls and chambers. No one stopped him, for no one was there to see him. In the king's antechamber sat Deesen taking his breakfast. "Is the king up?" asked Weingarten. "The sun has been up for hours, and so of course the king is up," said Deesen, proudly. "Announce me to his majesty; I have some important news for him."
I was again the poor secretary Weingarten, but my family was not helpless; they had nothing to fear." To whom was he telling all this? Certainly not to that young girl standing before him, pale and trembling. He had forgotten himself; he had forgotten her whom in other days he had called his heart's darling.
"We are ready to give the most incontrovertible proofs." "I must, before acting, be convinced of the veracity of your charges." "I hope that my word of honor will convince you of their truth," said Baron Waltz, pathetically. Weingarten bowed, with an ambiguous smile, that did not escape Zetto. He drew forth his pocket-book, and took from it a small, folded paper, which he handed to Weingarten.
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