"We sha'n't be gone above four hours, and those
while the king is safe in his bed. Bernenstein has only to refuse
access to him, and stand to that with his life till we come back.
You're equal to that, eh, Lieutenant?"
I am, by nature, a cautious man, and prone to look. at the dark
side of every prospect and the risks of every enterprise; but I
could not see what better dispositions were possible against the
attack that threatened us. Yet I was sorely uneasy concerning Mr.
Rassendyll.
Now, after all our stir and runnings to and fro, came an hour or
two of peace. We employed the time in having a good meal, and it
was past five when, our repast finished, we sat back in our
chairs enjoying cigars. James had waited on us, quietly usurping
the office of the constable's own servant, and thus we had been
able to talk freely. The man's calm confidence in his master and
his master's fortune also went far to comfort me.
"The king should be back soon," said Sapt at last, with a glance
at his big, old-fashioned silver watch. "Thank God, he'll be too
tired to sit up long. We shall be free by nine o'clock, Fritz. I
wish young Rupert would come to the lodge!" And the colonel's
face expressed a lively pleasure at the idea.
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