I smelt the rat, and put on my sword quickly, and stood stiff as a puppet.

The gentlemen said, that they must beg an interview with her royal highness, to deliver the king's commands.

The princess went into an adjoining room.

One of the court-ladies stopped before me a moment, and said: 'If you ever dare to tell of this, you shall be put in the fortress.

Remember it, and keep silent.' I did so, and kept it a secret until to-day." "Did the princess ever punish you again ?" asked Kretzchmar, with a bold, spying look.
"No, never," answered the lackey Schultz.