Thus Sapt had forced Rudolf's hand; he had been inspired by the same vision as we, and endowed with more unshrinking boldness.

But when I saw how Rudolf looked at him, I did not know but that they would go from the queen's presence set on a deadly quarrel.
Mr.Rassendyll, however, mastered his temper.
"You're all bent on having me a rascal," he said coldly.

"Fritz and Bernenstein here urge me; you, Sapt, try to force me.

James, there, is in the plot, for all I know." "I suggested it, sir," said James, not defiantly or with disrespect, but as if in simple dutiful obedience to his master's implied question.
"As I thought--all of you! Well, I won't be forced.

I see now that there's no way out of this affair, save one.