Rassendyll looked as though it would please him well to find
Rupert in Strelsau. "Yes, I must seek him. I shall stand at
nothing to find him. If I can only get to him as the king, then
I'll be the king. We have to-day!"
My message put them in heart again, although it left so much
still unexplained. Rudolf turned to the queen.
"Courage, my queen," said he. "A few hours now will see an end of
all our dangers."
"And then?" she asked.
"Then you'll be safe and at rest," said he, bending over her and
speaking softly. "And I shall be proud in the knowledge of having
saved you."
"And you?"
"I must go," Helga heard him whisper as he bent lower still, and
she and Bernenstein moved away.
CHAPTER XIII. A KING UP HIS SLEEVE
The tall handsome girl was taking down the shutters from the shop
front at No. 19 in the Konigstrasse. She went about her work
languidly enough, but there was a tinge of dusky red on her
cheeks and her eyes were brightened by some suppressed
excitement. Old Mother Holf, leaning against the counter, was
grumbling angrily because Bauer did not come. Now it was not
likely that Bauer would come just yet, for he was still in the
infirmary attached to the police-cells, where a couple of doctors
were very busy setting him on his legs again.
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