Gretchen laughed. "No, sir; but he is burning to advance in his career, and he fancies that a couple of conspirators would help him forward immensely. He thought he had found them in you and Herr Nordeck."
The Doctor shook his head sorrowfully. "Poor man! There is certainly something morbid about him. I am afraid his career will hardly be so brilliant as he hopes."
"I don't think it will," said Gretchen, very decidedly. "Our Government is a great deal too sensible for that!"
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 1]: It is said that the city of Vineta really existed, and that traces of it may yet be seen near Leddin, a village in the island of Usedom, in the Baltic.
[Footnote 2]: Regierungsrath.