In fact, in a day or two--perhaps now--the forces will be a-foot in uniform and in disguise to make a keen and searching inspection of the dwellings suspected of harboring the liberal-minded; and God knows that you have, Herr Daniels, chosen a veritable hot-bed! Two months ago, we arrested a Nihilist with a portmanteau full of glass bombs, luckily uncharged, in the attic upstairs; not three weeks since, two Hungarian malcontents were stopped at the door--but why enter into these details, fitter for the police than a soldier to relate?
You, of course, were not told of these blots on this hotel's fame or you would have selected it as the last roof to shelter your talented daughter.

It is one thing to cross swords--I mean staves--with a man, and another to guide the watchmen to clap their coarse paws on his shoulder.

I have made honorable amends, I hope, to the lady and yourself, for my rudeness; as for the gallant fellow, I bear him no ill will--on the contrary! since I could wish to meet with him again, and tell him that the Great Prison of Munich is not badly constructed and promises little chance of an escape.

I beg you to convey the warning to him that he must lose not one instant if he can escape beyond the walls." Still Daniels believed it prudent, if not polite, to make no compromising admission.

But the speaker was not offended.