I must begin the work, must summon all my assistants and subordinates, and assign their tasks, for the next few days will bring much work.

It is not enough for me to inform the emperor of the existence of a conspiracy, and the plan of the accomplices, but I must be able to give him convincing and irrefutable proofs of this plot, that he may not deem it a mere invention which I have devised in order to be able to claim a large reward.

No, the emperor must see that I am telling him the truth, so I must not let the affair explode too soon.

I must first know the names and residences of all the conspirators, investigate the details of the whole enterprise, and hold in my hand the threads of the entire web in order to be sure that all the spiders who have labored at it will be caught in their own net." "Do so, father," cried Leonore joyously.

"I will leave them all to you--all these poor spiders of the conspiracy.