Havoc
up eagerly a
exclaimed. "I can s
ere is news! That is why I h
he open French windows led on to a
ll not see the doctors whom they send, or any one from the Opera
o keep your
Never again will I sing
lls. They were secure here, at least, from eavesdroppers. She rested her fingers
he said, "of Dorward,
no
ld me that the Chancellor had prom
he Palace and the C
him with upr
, then, I suppose. The latest telegrams s
lor was practically insane. His doctors were trying to persuade him to go to his room and lie down, but he heard Dorward's voice and insisted upon seeing hi
at him in
avid!" she
h. I know it for a fact. The man was absolutely b
e asked quickly.
l the police arrived. Dorward escaped through the bedroom and down the service stairs. He spoke of
she murmured softly. "W
lope, because I believe that the knowledge of its contents in London to-day would save us from disaster. To
nowledge with you. He is an American-it is almost the same thing as being a
ve been the greatest journalistic success of modern times for him to have printe
?" she w
. "I know that he is going to try and leave Vienna
her head th
ey worry my life out all the time. I come to sing in London at Covent Garden. I have
ust depend very largely upon Dorward's. The train leaves at
e murmured. "I am ver
amongst the wealth of foliage. The villa had once belonged to a royal favorite, and the grounds had been its chief glory. They reached a sheltered seat and sat down. A few yards away a tiny
courtship, Louise,"
it. She had returned his kiss, but sh
r eyes, "courtship is scarcely the word, is it? For yo
ed towa
re dark enough, Heaven knows, yet the work of
ifferent woman of her. Bellamy saw it, and hardened though he was he felt the sl
of them. At least our friendship has been wonderful. Now I must
y conscious of the reserve with which she yielded herself to him, conscious of it and thankful, too. They
"life would not be possible. Perhaps som
s not often that they lapsed into sentim
ate. There are the usual crowd in my anteroom, and it
ll be at the station early. If Dorward is taken, I shall sti
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