Carmichael made as though to protest, but Prince Ludwig signed for him to be silent.
"Remember!" he said.
The king looked in vain for Gretchen.

Then he beckoned to Carmichael, and whispered brokenly: "If you see her, do not tell her what has happened.

Better to let her think that I have gone.

And she will see nothing in the arrest of the king of Jugendheit." "I promise." The troop marched along the street, followed by many curious ones, and many heads popped in and out of the gabled windows.

Carmichael watched them till they veered round a corner, and then he returned to the consulate.