Forget what I have said." "How can I forget it ?" cried the girl, gathering courage as she saw him quail before her blazing eyes.

"What do you want me to do ?" "I want you to bring to me any letters written by--by----" "Written by von Schaumberg," cried the girl, noticing his hesitation and filling in the blank.
A red wave of anger surged up in the Prince's face.
"Yes," he cried; "bring me a letter to her from von Schaumberg, and I'll pay you what you ask." The girl laughed.
"Prince," she said, "you will excuse me if I call you a fool.

There are no letters from von Schaumberg, and I have gone through the whole of the correspondence." "What, then, suggested the name von Schaumberg to you?
Where did you ever hear it before ?" "I heard that you suspected him of stealing the diamonds." "And so he did, the cowardly thief.

If it were not for mixing the Princess's name with such carrion as he, I would--" But the Prince in his rage stamped up and down the room without saying what he would do.

Miss Baxter quickly brought him to a standstill.
"It is contrary to my duty to the Princess," she began, hesitatingly, when he stopped and turned fiercely upon her.
"What is contrary to your duty ?" "There are letters, tied very daintily with a blue ribbon, and they are from a man.