It was to come as soon as Olga had gone to her reward! She was not there to defend him.

Spantz had said that she was praying in her room, committing her soul to God! Truxton King suddenly pricked up his ears, attracted by a sentence that fell from the lips of one of the men.
"Tullis is on his way to the hills of Dawsbergen by this time.

He will be out of the way on the 26th safe enough." "Count Marlanx was not to be satisfied until he had found the means to draw him away from Edelweiss," said another.

"This time it will work like a charm.

Late this afternoon Tullis was making ready to lead a troop of cavalry into the hills to effect a rescue.