four in the morning
The car , with one of the secret-service men , Mettlich sent on to follow Nikky 's trail , and to report it to him . The other man was assigned to custody of the chauffeur . The Chancellor , more relieved than he would have acknowledged , reflected before a fire and over a glass of hot milk that he was rather unpropitiously bringing Karl a bride ! It was almost four in the morning when the police agent returned . The track he had followed apparently led into the grounds of Wedeling , but was there lost in many others . It did not , so far as he could discover , lead beyond the lodge gates . The Chancellor sipped his hot milk and considered .