On arriving there they were ordered to take up their station with the great train of wagons collected for the supply of the army.
Thekla had from her hiding place heard the conversation, and was greatly alarmed at finding that they were again in the power of the Imperialists.

No one, however, approached the wagon, and it was not until darkness had set in that she heard Malcolm's voice whispering to her to arise quietly.
"We must leave the wagon; it will be impossible for you to remain concealed here longer, for tomorrow I may be sent out to bring in supplies.

For the present we must remain in Pilsen.

The whole country will be scoured by the troops, and it will not be safe to traverse the roads.

Here in Pilsen no one will think of looking for us.
"Wallenstein's headquarters are the last place where we should be suspected of hiding, and you may be sure that, however close the search may be elsewhere, the governor of Prague will not have thought of informing Wallenstein of an affair so foreign to the business of war as the escape from the emperor's clutches of a young lady.