He had accompanied Count Marlanx to the town of Balak, which is in Axphain, a mile beyond the Graustark line.

Peter Brutus was with my husband in Balak for two days.

They were closeted together from morning till night in the house where Marlanx was stopping.

At the end of two days Brutus went away, but he carried with him a vast sum of money provided by my husband.

It was given out that he was on his way to Serros in Dawsbergen, where he expected to purchase a business block for his master.