You alone can save him by warning him of his danger." "You really believe, then, that Trenck has the intention of murdering the king ?" said Weingarten.
"We will believe it," said Zetto, with an ambiguous smile.
"We must believe it!" cried Baron Waltz, emphatically.

"We must either believe in his murderous intentions, or be ourselves regarded as traitors and robbers.

You will think it natural that we prefer the first alternative, and as he resolved to ruin us, we will anticipate him, and set the trap into which he must fall." "Why could you not lay your snares in Austria, gentlemen?
Why could you not accuse him of intending to murder the empress ?" Zetto shrugged his shoulders.

"That would not be credible, because Trenck has no motive for murdering Maria Theresa, while he might very well thirst to revenge himself upon Frederick.

You know that the king and Trenck are personal enemies.