"You are."
"Yon gave to him private letters for Counsellor von Ledebour, at Bielefeld, and for Colonel von Sobbe, who were to head the insurrection in that part of the country?"
"I did, sir; you are right."
"Well, then, major, Romberg was arrested at Magdeburg; all his papers, letters, and proclamations, were seized, and General Michaud sent him under guard to Cassel."
"Romberg imprisoned! My dear, faithful Romberg in danger!" exclaimed Schill, mournfully.
"No," said M. von Bothmar, solemnly, "Romberg is no longer imprisoned; he is not now in danger."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that Romberg, immediately after his arrival at Cassel, was tried by a court-martial, and that sentence of death was at once passed upon him."
"He has been shot?"
"Yes, Schill, Romberg has been shot."