I was bound to ride to Hofbau and there wait for a train which would carry me to the capital.
From Hofbau I could send a message, but the message must announce only my own coming, not the news I carried.

To Sapt, thanks to the cipher, I could send word at any time, and he bade me ask Mr.Rassendyll whether he should come to our aid, or stay where he was.
"A day must decide the whole thing," he said.

"We can't conceal the king's death long.

For God's sake, Fritz, make an end of that young villain, and get the letter." So, wasting no time in farewells, I set out.

By ten o'clock I was at Hofbau, for I rode furiously.