"He thinks only of Chalice, and will not do anything against her wish."
"Something like a deadlock, then," I murmured. If everything was to hinge only on Chalice's wishes, the case promised to be awkward. We were silent for a while, and then I said: "You will be placed in a very ugly fix. We all know what the Kaiser is when any one opposes him. You surely won't go to the extreme of letting yourself be arrested?"
This appeared to alarm her seriously. "No, no. There are other reasons, too," she exclaimed hastily.
"Then your only course is for you to leave the country."
"I can't even leave Berlin while Chalice is here."
"Then take her with you."
"There is Herr Grumpel. If she left now, it would ruin everything."
I tossed up my hands with a smile. The position was impossible.
"Hadn't you better fetch your trunks from the station, Paul?" asked Bessie.
"I'm afraid there's nothing in them that will solve this puzzle."