CHAPTER X
It was six o'clock in the morning when Innstetten returned home from Varzin. He made Rollo omit all demonstrations of affection and then retired as quietly as possible to his room. Here he lay down in a comfortable position, but would not allow Frederick to do more than cover him up with a traveling rug. "Wake me at nine." And at this hour he was wakened. He arose quickly and said: "Bring my breakfast."
"Her Ladyship is still asleep."
"But it is late. Has anything happened?"
"I don't know. I only know that Johanna had to sleep all night in her
Ladyship's room."
"Well, send Johanna to me then."
She came. She had the same rosy complexion as ever, and so seemed not to have been specially upset by the events of the night.
"What is this I hear about her Ladyship? Frederick tells me something happened and you slept in her room."
"Yes, Sir Baron. Her Ladyship rang three times in very quick succession, and I thought at once it meant something. And it did, too. She probably had a dream, or it may perhaps have been the other thing."
"What other thing?"