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Who could perfect this work if we were not here? Who would dare to undertake the difficult task if we should fail? Who would carry on a secret and continued warfare with this artful and powerful seductress if we were conquered?" "No one would do it," sighed Woellner, "no one would sacrifice themselves like Samson for this Delilah."
At last, patience exhausted, they resolved to bear it no longer, and tapped gently at the door of the king. The loud bark of a dog was their only response, and again all was still. "Evidently there is no one there," sighed Bischofswerder. "It is the hour of dining of the king." "I wish it were ours also," whined Woellner. "I confess I yearn for bodily nourishment, and my legs sink under me."
The Rosicrucians knew very well it was the hour of the cabinet council, and they waited patiently and steadfastly, but as their watches revealed the fact that three hours had passed, and every noise was hushed, they concluded they were forgotten, and resolved to remind the lackey of their presence. "Indeed, this standing is quite insupportable," whispered Woellner.
The prayers and exhortations were the duty of Woellner, who, besides this, continued his daily discourses upon the administration of government, preparing the prince for the important command of the royal regiments, which they hoped favorable destiny would soon grant him.
Let it be ready in a quarter of an hour," commanded Bischofswerder. "Now that we are alone, what do you think of this affair?" asked Woellner. "I cannot vouchsafe a reply until I have eaten a pheasant's wing, and drunken my champagne," replied Bischofswerder. He kept his word, preserving a solemn silence until a good half of the bird had disappeared, and many glasses of iced champagne.
Woellner perused the epistle with a slightly tremulous voice, stopping now and then, at an illegible word, which his master quickly supplied to him, finishing the sentence as correctly as if he held the writing in his hand. The contents were exactly as Cagliostro had given them, and the farther Wollner read, the more his voice quivered and Bischofswerder's enthusiasm increased.
"Of course," he said, "it's only one of the signs of the times; and it is just these times that don't please me. All this outward show in religion is detestable. It was just so in Berlin and Potsdam in the time of Bischoffswerder and Woellner." That again was before Jena. June 13th. For the first time the colonel asked me about my experiences in the South African War.
"That is to say, we will have much to suffer if we, in fanatical indiscretion, do not submit to circumstances," said Bischofswerder. "You cannot traduce the sublime Fathers!" cried Woellner; "for the body's security, we cannot endanger the salvation of our souls, and, like Peter, deny our master." "No, my much-loved and noble friend.
Do you not see that the prince has availed himself of our absence to go there, and has not yet returned?" "What!" shrieked Woellner, clasping his hands "you do not mean that " "That Rinaldo has returned to the enchanted garden of Armida." "Oh, let us hasten to release him at once, and revue his soul from perdition!" cried Woellner, springing up.
"Let me embrace your knees, and entreat pardon and grace," begged Woellner, as he sank down to clasp them, and the former threw himself at the feet of his master, passionately kissing them. Smilingly he received their homage, and assisted them to rise. "Now let us speak in a human, reasonable manner, my friends. Brother Theophilus, you, first of all, return the letter to the envelope and seal it."
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