God be with your Majesty." "Ah, to lose you now!" said, the king, a heaviness in his heart such as presentiment brings.
The diplomat turned and went down the grand corridor.

The bulldog tugged at his chain.

Animals are gifted with prescience.

He knew that his master had passed forever out of his life.

Presently he heard the voice of the princess calling; and the glamour of royalty encompassed him,--something a human finds hard to resist, and he was only a dog.
Meanwhile another messenger had entered the chamber of finance and had gone.