Page 122 (1/1)

"But what have we to do with this dreadful affair? Why are we rushed off here like cri out of the knowledge that Lorenz was dead and that the Princess was freed froloss, slowly, "you are accused of the ry, too weak to protest For souish were speechless Then cah all of which Dangloss sat cal

"Mr Lorry, the evidence is very strong against you, but you shall not be unjustly treated You are not a prisoner as yet In Graustark a man who is accused of murder, and as not seen by any one to coally arrested until an accuser shall go before the Princess, who is also High Priestess, and swear on his life that he knows the guilty rees to forfeit his own life in case the other is proved innocent If you are to be charged with the o before the Princess and take oath--his life against yours I a you here, sir, because it is the only place in which you are safe Lorenz's friends would have torn you to pieces had we not found you first You are not prisoners, and you may depart if you think it wise"

"But,of theshort in his restless walk before the little Baron

"So you say, but--"

"If you accusehiht and held hiloss "Ito take oath before Her Royal Highness Listen You were heard to say you would kill hiressor, and there is no one else on earth, it is said, who could have wished toentered the rooh the hall door and left by the sa direct to your door On your knob are the prints of bloody fingers where you--or so the door It was this discovery, ed friends of the dead Prince that you were guilty When we opened the door you were gone Then caht at the head of the stairs, and the race to the prison The reason I saved you from that mob should be plain to you I love et that you risked your life--each of you--to protect her I have done all that I can, gentlemen, to protect you in return It means death to you if you fall into the hands of his followers just now A few hours will cool them off, no doubt, but noould be madness to face them I know not what they have done to my men at the hotel--perhaps butchered them"