"We have our eyes on him." "I am curious to know what this apostle of peace will do when he is ordered into battle.

You know, he and his comrades are Unitarians and entertain scruples against shedding blood, except in defence of home and country.

Will Manasseh Adorjan fight when he is ordered to, or throw down his arms ?" "In either case, he will die," declared Benjamin Vajdar.
"I should prefer to have him only wounded," said the marchioness.

"Then his mate would leave her nest in the mountains and hasten to nurse him in the hospital; and contagious diseases are not uncommon in military hospitals, where both patients and nurses are often swept off by them--so quickly, too, that no one thinks of inquiring very closely into the matter." "You are impatient, marchioness," commented the secretary.
"And you choose to remark upon it because I would have the prince a widower and a free man ?" With that the fair Cyrene nestled close at her fellow-conspirator's side, and proceeded to caress him and to murmur soft words in his ear.
And so the night sped, and the first peep of dawn overtook the two before they separated..