"He communicated his intentions to me, and confided to me his entire plan." "It appears," remarked Weingarten, mockingly, "that the officer had reason to believe he might trust you with this terrible secret." "You see, however, that he was mistaken," said the baron, smilingly.

"I demand of you to warn the King of Prussia of the danger that threatens him." "I shall be compelled to make this danger clear, give all particulars, or the king will laugh at my story and consider it a fairy tale." "You shall give him convincing proof.

Say to him that the murder is to be committed when his majesty attends the Austrian review at Konigsberg." "How will the officer cross the Prussian border ?" "He is supplied with an Austrian passport, and under the pretence of inheriting a large property in Prussia, he has obtained leave of absence for a month." "There remains now but one question: why does the officer wish to murder the king?
What motive leads him to do so ?" "Revenge," said Baron von Waltz, solemnly--"an act of vengeance.

This Austrian officer who is resolved to murder the king of Prussia, is Frederick von Trenck." Weingarten was embarrassed, and his countenance bore an uneasy and troubled expression.

But as his eye fell upon the weighty paper that lay before him, he smiled, and looked resolved.
"Now I have but one thing more to ask.