"You are sure of this?"
"Quite sure."
"Who will follow for love of him?" she asked.
"They are of the kind who follow more readily for money," answered the man.
The girl remained thoughtful for a few moments. Something in the man's information had set her thoughts running in a new channel, and while she mused Frina Mavrodin entered the room hurriedly.
Dumitru bowed low before her.
"You are early," said the Princess.
Frina turned to Dumitru.
"Captain Ellerey has returned early to his lodging, too; it would be well to watch. I do not think it will happen to-night, but should any messenger seek him we must know at once."
"Go, Dumitru," said the Princess, and when he had gone she turned to her companion: "What has brought you home so early?"