Little by little Löwendahl learned what he wanted to know in order to repeat it to the Countess Denhoff. The very same day he went to pay her a visit, and during the conversation he mentioned that there was news from Cosel.
"Where is she?" asked the Countess.
"She is in Berlin, and uses her liberty to blacken our King and his company," said Löwendahl. "But the worst thing is that she threatens to kill our lord."
Denhoff screamed and rushed from the sofa.
"But that is dreadful! We must warn the King," she said.
"Yes, we must try to deprive her of her freedom."
The Countess did not answer, for it entered her mind that the same fate might be hers too.
Löwendahl guessed her thoughts, for he added,--
"The King was never severe towards those whom he loved; the best proof of it is those ladies whom you have met here; but there are some cases--"
Here the Countess Bielinska, the mother, entered, and having learned what the question was, she became indignant.