Kore. Naturally. In the enemy's camp. A spy on one side or the other.
Adr. [Sternly] I, too, was in the palace, Korelenko.
Kore. [Looking at him closely, after a surprised start] All right. I suppose she explained her presence there.
Adr. I asked nothing. She is probably a friend of the princess.
Kore. I hope not. She can't be her friend and yours too.
Adr. Why not?
Kore. I learned to-day that the princess Sophie is one of Petrizoff's spies. She has a wager with him, a luck-piece against a tiara, that she will secure evidence to convict you.
Adr. Petrizoff need not be at so much trouble. He can imprison me without evidence when he pleases.
Kore. Not you. That may do for other poor devils, but you have friends all over Russia. It would make too much of a stir even for Petrizoff. He would have to show the papers——
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