“Don’t interrupt, sir!” the Princess exclaimed. “And remember I can’t give you a grade.”
“Was any one with the King after you left him that night?” Courtney asked.
“Only Adolph, the valet,” Dehra replied. “I’m quite sure he would receive no one at that hour.”
“And what did Adolph say as to the Book?”
“That he hadn’t seen it for four days prior to Frederick’s death,” said Armand.
“Who told you that?” the Princess asked quickly.
“He told the Council.”
“Then he deliberately deceived you; he saw it the night I did—the last night;—he came to the door just after the King spoke of Armand’s decree.”
Courtney struck a match and carefully lit the cigarette.
“Where is Adolph?” he asked.