Trenck has boasted of this enmity often and loud enough to be understood by the whole world, and I do not believe that this animosity has diminished.

Enemies naturally desire to destroy each other.

Trenck would succeed if we did not warn the king, and enable him to anticipate his enemy." "How can this be done?
Will the king really go to Konigsberg to be present at the Austrian festivities ?" "It has been spoken of." "Well, Trenck now proposes to go to Dantzic, and he has boasted that he will enter Konigsberg at the same time with the King of Prussia, who will not dare to arrest him." "We have made a bet with him of a hundred louis d'or on this boast," said Baron Waltz, "and for greater security we have put it in writing." "Have you it with you ?" "Here it is." The baron handed Weingarten a paper, which he seized hastily, unfolded, and read several times.
"This is indeed written in very ambiguous language, and calculated to ruin Trenck should it reach the hands of the king," said Baron Weingarten with a cruel smile.
Zetto returned this smile.

"I wrote the document, and you will naturally understand that I measured the words very closely." "Who copied the letter ?" asked Weingarten.

"Doubtlessly Baron Trenck was not magnanimous enough to do that." "Baron Waltz is a great adept in imitating handwriting, and he happily possessed original letters of Trenck's," said Zetto, smilingly.
"You will find it most natural that I should try to win my bet," said Baron Waltz.