"Well, most likely."
"I'm sure of it, sir. If he's been there, he will be taken for
the king."
"That has happened before, and no doubt may happen again,
unless--"
"Why, of course, sir, unless the king's body should be
discovered."
"That's what I was about to say, James."
James kept silence for a few minutes. Then he observed, "It will
be very awkward to explain how the king was killed."
"The story will need good telling," admitted Sapt.
"And it will be difficult to make it appear that the king was
killed in Strelsau; yet if my master should chance to be killed
in Strelsau--"
"Heaven forbid, James! On all grounds, Heaven forbid!"
"Even if my master is not killed, it will be difficult for us to
get the king killed at the right time, and by means that will
seem plausible."
Sapt seemed to fall into the humor of the speculation. "That's
all very true. But if Mr. Rassendyll is to be king, it will be
both awkward and difficult to dispose of the king's body and of
this poor fellow Herbert," said he, sucking at his pipe.
Again James paused for a little while before he remarked: "I am,
of course, sir, only discussing the matter by way of passing the
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