"Certainly," I replied readily, although half a hundred suspicions were started of his probably sinister motive for the invitation.
"It will be so much more convenient for our purpose than your going to the Gramberg town-house," he said. "I've been thinking of the best course to take. What sort of proof do you wish to have that measures are ripe?"
"An interview with those who are to carry them out, of course."
"That will be best; and fortunately most of them are in Munich. Then I presume you will be prepared to do what all the rest of us have done—take an oath of allegiance to the new Queen?"
"When I join you, I will do whatever the rest do."
"We are all pledged to the hilt. Every man of us has made the oath and signed a declaration to uphold the good cause."
"Signed a declaration? That seems a strong step," I said, though all forms were pretty much the same thing to me.
"But a necessary one. There is no drawing back then," he answered.
"Well, I will sign what I see others sign and do what others do," I replied firmly. "But, understand, I must see these things done before my eyes." I said this because of an idea that flashed into my thoughts at that moment.
"You are disposed to be cautious to the verge of timidity, eh?" he sneered.