"Where is it?"
"You shall know to-night!"
The light faded out of Basil's eyes.
"What of the new captain?"
"His presence is a menace."
In Basil's eyes gleamed a sombre fire.
"I, too, owe him a grudge. In good time!"
"The time is Now!"
"Patience!" replied the Grand Chamberlain. "He will work his own undoing. We dare not harm him yet."
"Only a miracle saved him last night."