"The Lieutenant-Governor comes to Ghent in a few days' time. Wherever he goes there is always fear for his precious life. If Orange has been in Ghent then he hath hatched a plot against the Duke--on this I would stake my life--promise me that you will be on the watch, Lenora!"
"I promise."
"Upon your soul, my child?"
"Upon my soul!"
"And next to Orange himself, I'd sooner see that masked assassin Leatherface hang than any man in Europe; remember that, little one!"
"I'll not forget."
"The outrage on don Ramon de Linea must not remain unavenged, remember that."
"I'll not forget."
"Then let Orange and his rebels look to themselves!" ejaculated de Vargas with a note of triumph.
He took from the breast pocket of his doublet a piece of silk ribbon to which was attached a flat, yet curiously fashioned and shaped piece of steel.