"At least I'm engaged now on the king's business." "Precisely," said he.

"So I thought you'd come, as soon as I heard that the king was here." It may be that I ought to have preserved my composure.

But I am not Sapt nor Rudolf Rassendyll.
"The king here ?" I gasped, clutching him by the arm.
"Of course.

You didn't know?
Yes, he's in town." But I heeded him no more.

For a moment I could not speak, then I cried to the cabman: "To the palace.