"It would be easy for someone high in position to accuse and convict him," said Dangloss meaningly.
"And it would be just like someone, too," agreed Beverly, her thoughts, with the others', going toward none but one man "high in power."
Later in the day she called Baldos to her side as they were riding in the castle avenue. She was determined to try a little experiment of her own.
"Baldos, what do you think of the fortress?" she
"I could overthrow it after half an hour's bombardment, your highness," he answered, without thinking. She started violently.
"Is it possible? Are there so many weak points?" she went on, catching her breath.
"There are three vital points of weakness, your highness. The magazine can be reached from the outside if one knows the lay of the land; the parade-ground exposes the ammunition building to certain disadvantages, and the big guns could be silenced in an hour if an enemy had the sense first to bombard from the elevation northeast of the city."
"Good heavens!" gasped poor Beverly. "Have you studied all this out?"
"I was once a real soldier, your highness," he said, simply. "It was impossible for me not to see the defects in your fort."
"You—you haven't told anyone of this, have you?" she cried, white-faced and anxious.