They're fighting, he and the Count of Hentzau.

Mother, Count Rupert will kill--" "Let them alone.

He the king?
He's no king," muttered the old woman again.
For an instant Rosa stood looking down on her in helpless despair.

Then a light flashed into her eyes.
"I must call for help," she cried.
The old woman seemed to spring to sudden life.

She jumped up and caught her daughter by the shoulder.
"No, no," she whispered in quick accents.