You will be wise to wait till your cousin's fate is decided before you attempt any further steps against us." And with a slight bow he left the prisoner in Bernenstein's charge, and went back to the room where the queen awaited him.

Helga was with her.

The queen sprang up to meet him.
"I mustn't lose a moment," he said.

"All that crowd of people know now that the king is here.

The news will filter through the town in no time.
We must send word to Sapt to keep it from the king's ears at all costs: I must go and do my work, and then disappear." The queen stood facing him.