“Into the Palace?”
“By a flight of stairs, inside the wall, to a door in the roof. This door, which was locked, he opened, having carried keys with him. The door he describes as in the tower. As it was night, he could not see clearly, but the roof at that point is flat.”
“Stand up, Adelbert,” said the leader sharply. “This that our comrade tells is true?”
“It is true, Excellency.”
“Shown a diagram of the Palace, could you locate this door?”
Old Adelbert stared around him hopelessly. It was done now. Nothing that he could say or refuse to say would change that. He nodded.
When, soon after, a chart of the Palace was placed on a table, he indicated the location of the door with a trembling forefinger. “It is there,” he said thickly. “And may God forgive me for the thing I have done!”
CHAPTER XXX. KING KARL
“They love us dearly!” said King Karl.