But, ere Kuni disappeared, he had repaired the oversight, and both desired to ascertain the fate of their former charge.

True, the wish could not be instantly fulfilled, for Lienhard's time and strength were wholly claimed by the mission intrusted to him by the Emperor and the Council.
The next afternoon Kuni ascended the rope to the steeple in the presence of many princes and dignitaries.

Firmly as ever she moved along the rope stretched through the wooden stay behind her, holding the balancing pole as she went.

The clapping of hands and shouts of applause with which the crowd greeted "the flying maiden" led her to kiss her hand to the right and the left, and bow to the stand which had been erected for the crowned heads, counts, nobles, and their wives.

In doing so, she looked down at the aristocratic spectators to ascertain whether the Emperor and one other were among them.