There was a merry smile on his face as he ran forward to meet Helga, who leant against the table, pale and agitated.
"They saw you ?" she gasped.
"Undoubtedly," said he.

Then his sense of amusement conquered everything else, and he sat down in a chair, laughing.
"I'd give my life," said he, "to hear the story that the chancellor will be waked up to hear in a minute or two from now!" But a moment's thought made him grave again.

For whether he were the king or Rudolf Rassendyll, he knew that my wife's name was in equal peril.

Knowing this, he stood at nothing to serve her.

He turned to her and spoke quickly.
"You must rouse one of the servants at once.