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"If he is guilty, yes Still, he may feel secure because he is a powerful prince and able to resent any accusation with a show of force Where is he now?"

"I left hio down and you can see for yourself"

They hurried to the corridor, which are uniforms There were a few Graustark officers, but theconversationalists were dressed in a rich gray uniforot to tell you Prince Lorenz is also here, and these gray fellows are a part of his retinue Lorenz has gone on to the castle What's thefor the ith unsteady hand

"He has coht! I hadn't thought of that I hope she turns him down But there's Gabriel over yonder See those three fellows in blue? Theto the piazza stood several nated as Gabriel was in the center, talking gaily and soarette between sentences He was not tall, but he was strongly and compactly built His hair and cropped beard were as black as coal, his eyes wide, black and lined, It was a pleasure-worn face, and Lorry shuddered as he thought of the Princess in the power of this evil-looking wretch They leisurely made their way to a spot near the talkers There was nothe voice Prince Gabriel and Michael were one and the same, beyond all doubt But how to prove it to the satisfaction of others?

Skepticisuilty because his voice sounded like that of the chief conspirator In a ravest importance would be attached to the accusation of a ruler Satisfying themselves as to the identity of that peculiar voice, the friends passed through to the piazza

"What's to be done?" asked Anguish, boiling over with exciteloss, tell him of our positive discovery, and then consult Count Halfont"

"And Her Royal Highness, of course"

"Yes, I suppose so," said Lorry, flicking the ashes fro the Princess again

They hurried to the Tower, and were soon in the presence of the fierce little chief of police Lorry had spent loss of late, and they had becorim old face blanched perceptibly as he heard the assertions of the young ly