"
"And the letter?"
"I burnt it."
"And Rischenheim?"
The queen struck in.
"The Count of Luzau-Rischenheim will say and do nothing against
me," she said.
Sapt lifted his brows a little. "Well, and Bauer?" he asked.
"Bauer's at large," I answered.
"Hum! Well, it's only Bauer" said the constable, seeming
tolerably well pleased. Then his eyes fell on Rudolf and
Bernenstein. He stretched out his hand and pointed to their
riding-boots. "Whither away so late at night?" he asked.
"First together to the lodge, to find you, then I alone to the
frontier," said Mr. Rassendyll.
"One thing at a time. The frontier will wait. What does your
Majesty want with me at the lodge?"
"I want so to contrive that I shall be no longer your Majesty,"
said Rudolf.
Sapt flung himself into a chair and took off his gloves.
"Come, tell me what has happened to-day in Strelsau," he said.
We gave a short and hurried account. He listened with few signs
of approval or disapproval, but I thought I saw a gleam in his
eyes when I described how all the city had hailed Rudolf as its
king and the queen received him as her husband before the eyes of
all. Again the hope and vision, shattered by Rudolf's calm
resolution, inspired me.
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