"Ah!"
"I also paid for knowledge that will be of great value to us; we must take great care to know everything about all the officials we appoint."
"Ah!"
"It is lucky that I am alive, or within ten years Rudarlia would have been governed by George III of Bornia."
"Ah! so that was the scheme, was it?"
Colonel Woolgast was announced.
"Colonel, I want one of your officers to conduct Prince Alexis over the frontier. He must be one who can hear without hearing, and, speaking, say nothing. Above all he must be devoted to Rudarlia. Have you such a man?"
"Captain von Essens, your Majesty."
"Very well, if you answer for him; I would have asked you to have escorted the Prince, but it would have done him too much honour, to send the Colonel of my Guards, and a General in my army. You will soon have the pleasure of kissing my hand as I promised you."
"I would do it now, your Majesty."