He in the outbreak would be the earliest victim; I see him,' he cried, 'torn in pieces; and Grunewald, unhappy Grunewald! Nay, madam, you who have the power must use it; it lies hard upon your conscience.' 'Show me how!' she cried.

'Suppose I were to place him under some constraint, the revolution would break upon us instantly.' The Baron feigned defeat.

'It is true,' he said.

'You see more clearly than I do.

Yet there should, there must be, some way.' And he waited for his chance.
'No,' she said; 'I told you from the first there is no remedy.