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Rupert of Hentzau

CHAPTER V
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Well, then, we'll have them together--breakfast and the dogs.

Come along, Count." The king passed his arm through Rischenheim's, adding to Bernenstein, "Lead the way, Lieutenant; and you, Colonel, come with us." They went out.

Sapt stopped and locked the door behind him.

"Why do you lock the door, Colonel ?" asked the king.
"There are some papers in my drawer there, sire." "But why not lock the drawer?
"I have lost the key, sire, like the fool I am," said the colonel.
The Count of Luzau-Rischenheim did not make a very good breakfast.

He sat opposite to the king.


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