Beverly wen. Grenfall Lorry and a small company
of horsemeT' rode up in furious haste long before the
sun was in mid-sky. An attempt to depict the scene
between him and his venturesome wife would be a hope-
less task. The way in which his face cleared itself
of distress and worry was a joy in itself. To use his
own words, he breathed freely for the first time in
hours. " The American " took the place of the
officer who rode beside the coach, and the trio kept
up an eager, interesting conversation during the next
two hours.
It was a warm, sleepy day, but all signs of drowsi-
ness disappeared with the advent of Lorry. He had
reached Edelweiss l/ite the night before, after a three
days' ride from the conference with Dawsbergen. At
first he encountered trouble in trying to discover what
had become of the princess. Those at the castle were
aware of the fact that she had reached Ganlook
safely and sought to put him off with subterfuges.
He stormed to such a degree, however, that their object
failed. The result was that he was ofF for Ganlook
with the earliest light of day.
Regarding the conference with Prince Gabriel's
representatives, he had but little to say. The escaped
murderer naturally refused to surrender and was to
aU appearances quite firmly established in power once



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more. Lorry's only hope was that the reversal of
feeling in Dawsbergen might work ruin for the prince-.
