If not, she could certainly go out by the window as soon as she heard him coming back.

It was clearly of the greatest importance to prevent the King's anger from going any further.

Antonio Perez had recognized the same truth from a very different point of view, and had spent nearly three-quarters of an hour in flattering his master with the consummate skill which he alone possessed.

He believed that he had succeeded when the King had dismissed him, saying that he would not see Don John until the morning.

Five minutes after Perez was gone, Philip was threading the corridors, completely disguised in a long black cloak, with the ever-loyal Mendoza at his heels.