Michael will at once arrest all your friends--Colonel Sapt and Captain von Tarlenheim first--proclaim a state of siege in Strelsau, and send a messenger to Zenda.

The other three will murder the King in the Castle, and the duke will proclaim either himself or the princess--himself, if he is strong enough.

Anyhow, he'll marry her, and become king in fact, and soon in name.

Do you see ?" "It's a pretty plot.

But why, madame, do you-- ?" "Say I'm a Christian--or say I'm jealous.