"Julie, I've come across Germany for you. Make no sign. I'm here to save you. I'm a groom in the prince's stables!"
He saw the delicate color like the first flush of dawn overspread her face, and a light that had never shone for any other spring into her eyes. All the hardships that he had endured, all the dangers that he had run were as nothing now.
"John," she exclaimed, in a voice tremulous with fear for him, not for herself, "you must leave Zillenstein at once! Your life is not safe here for a moment!"
"When I go you go with me," he said.
They had spoken rapidly in whispers and not even Suzanne had noticed. Accustomed now to the servants in the castle she had merely seen a young peasant bringing flowers from the prince to her mistress. They had been brought before and there was nothing unusual about it.
"Tell the prince that I thank him," said Julie, aloud, but in indifferent tones.
John bowed and walked back toward the horse, his heart beating hard with triumph and joy.