His cousin's influence had been strong enough to lead him into the affair of the letter; he was aghast to think how Rupert's reckless dare-deviltry had led on from stage to stage till the death of a king seemed but an incident in his schemes.

He sprang suddenly to his feet, crying: "But we must fly--we must fly!" "No, we needn't fly.

Perhaps we'd better go, but we needn't fly." "But when it becomes known ?" He broke off and then cried: "Why did you tell me?
Why did you come back here ?" "Well, I told you because it was interesting, and I came back here because I had no money to go elsewhere." "I would have sent money." "I find that I get more when I ask in person.

Besides, is everything finished ?" "I'll have no more to do with it." "Ah, my dear cousin, you despond too soon.

The good king has unhappily gone from us, but we still have our dear queen.