28/49 "They may be few who follow us. But who is he ahead ?" Misset did not know. "It is the Prince of Baden, and he travels to Italy." Wogan remembered a certain letter which his King had written to him from Rome; and the hesitation in the girl's voice told him the rest of the story. Wogan would have given much to have had his fingers about the scruff of that pompous gentleman's neck with the precipice handy at his feet. It was intolerable that the fellow should pester the Princess in prison and hinder her flight when she had escaped from it. |