Wogan was aware that the Governor of Prague was her kinsman; and that afternoon he left the castle alone, and taking the road to Vienna, turned as soon as he was out of sight and hurried round the town until he came out upon the road to Prague.

He hid himself behind a hedge a mile from Ohlau, and had not waited half an hour before a man came riding by in hot haste.

The man wore the Countess's livery of green and scarlet; Wogan decided not to travel by way of Prague, and returned to the castle content with his afternoon's work.

He had indeed more reason to be content with it than he knew, for he happened to have remarked the servant's face as well as his livery, and so at a later time was able to recognise it again.

He had no longer any doubt that a servant in the same livery was well upon his way to Vienna.