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exclaimed the Chief . `` We have saved you from his friends , gentlemen , but I must say that you are still in a tight place . '' He then related to them the whole story . Just before six o'clock Mizrox had gone to the Prince 's room to prepare him for the duel . The door was closed but unlocked , as he found after repeated knockings . Lorenz was lying on the bed , undressed and covered with blood . The horrified duke made a hasty examination and found that he was dead .