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Frederick The Great and His Family

CHAPTER V
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Farewell." Baron Kaphengst turned laughingly to another part of the saloon.
Suddenly he felt a hand placed on his shoulder, and a low voice murmured his name.
Terrified, he turned.

"I am not the one you seek, mask," he said; but as he met those two large, burning eyes, he shuddered, and even his bold, daring heart stood still a moment from terror.

Only the king had such eyes; only he had such a commanding glance.
"You say you are not the one I seek," said the mask.

"Well, yes, you speak wisely.

I sought in you a brave and obedient officer, and it appears that you are not that.


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