"The man was a double traitor!" "He has atoned," his companion said calmly.

"He made his peace and he went to his death.

It seems very fitting that he should have received the dagger which was meant for my heart.

Now what about you, Oscar Immelan ?" Immelan laughed harshly.
"If Sen Lu told you that I was in this plot against your life, he lied!" The Prince inclined his head urbanely.
"Such a man as Sen Lu goes seldom to his death with a lie upon his lips," he said.

"Yet I confess that I am puzzled.