[Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope]@TWC D-Link bookRupert of Hentzau CHAPTER XX 17/41
You couldn't go with him if he forbade you.
But you should follow him; you should keep him in sight." This much she spoke in proud tones and with a disdainful manner, but then came a sudden return to her former bearing.
She held out her hands towards me, wailing: "Fritz, where is he? Is he safe? Find him for me, Fritz; find him." "I'll find him for you if he's above ground, madam," I cried, for her appeal touched me to the heart. "He's no farther off than the gardens," grumbled old Sapt, still resentful of the queen's reproof and scornful of the woman's agitation. He was also out of temper with Rudolf himself, because the moon took so long in deciding whether she would make or unmake a king. "The gardens!" she cried.
"Then let us look for him.
Oh, you've let him walk in the gardens alone ?" "What should harm the fellow ?" muttered Sapt. She did not hear him, for she had swept out of the room.
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