The document was drawn up in very polite terms, and contained the request that he would travel for a time, until an opportunity should offer for putting down the party which was now urging his indictment before a court on a charge of treason.
"Do you know the purport of this letter?" he asked.
"Certainly. The Heir Cabinetsrath chose to give it to me unsealed."
"And what do you advise?"
"I second his request."
A convulsive twitching passed over Sonnenkamp's face.
"Prudent, very prudent," he said to himself. "You wish to banish me, and retain my estate."
A horror began "to creep over him as he saw a vision of himself seated in prison; but he drove it off.
"So you are of the same opinion?"
"Yes. But, before you leave for any length of time, allow me to point out a means by which you may earn new honors for us both."