midday
`` Rudolf , must you go ? Since -- since this has happened -- '' `` Hush , my dearest lady , '' he whispered . Then he went on more loudly , `` I wo n't quit Ruritania a second time leaving Rupert of Hentzau alive . Fritz , send word to Sapt that the king is in Strelsau -- he will understand -- and that instructions from the king will follow by midday . When I have killed Rupert , I shall visit the lodge on my way to the frontier . '' He turned to go , but the queen , following , detained him for a minute . `` You 'll come and see me before you go ? ''