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But the colonel arrested him at that letter with a terrible look . He returned the look with a glance of intelligence , and resumed : `` The Kaiserin Elisabeth has the best cook in Vienna . '' `` And everybody about has such nice , honest faces , '' said Mrs. Kenton . `` I 'm sure I could n't have felt anxious if you had n't come till midnight : I knew I was perfectly secure here . '' `` Quite right , quite right , '' said the consul . `` All classes of the Viennese are so faithful . Now , I dare say you could have trusted that driver of yours , who brought you here before daylight this morning , with untold gold .