I must put you there, and lock the door and take the key with me, so that no one can go in while I am at court--or else you can lock it on the inside, yourself.

That would be better, perhaps," he added rather hurriedly.
"No," said the girl quietly.

"I prefer that you should have the key.

I shall feel even safer.

But how can I get there without being seen?
We cannot go so far together without meeting some one." He rose, and she stood up beside him.
"My apartments open upon the broad terrace on the south side," he said.
"At this time there will be only two or three officers there, and my two servants.