HAPPINESS The grand duke of Ehrenstein beheld the chancellor with that phase of astonishment which leaves the mind unclouded.

The violent storm in his heart gave way to a calm, not at all menacing, but tinctured with a profound pity.

What a project! What a mind to conceive it, to perfect it down to so small a detail as a jeweler's mark in the gold of the locket! And a little finger to betray it! In a flash he saw vividly all this man had undergone, day by day, unfaltering, unhesitant, forgetting nothing, remembering everything but the one insignificant item which was to overthrow him.

He felt that he was confronted with a great problem; what to do with the man?
Prince Ludwig took off his hat.

"Herbeck, you are a great politician." "No, prince," replied Herbeck, with ineffable sadness.