My rule has become supreme, nor am I any usurper.
Do I not hold a commission from Prince Karl of Auersperg, the owner of this lodge, and did he not intrust you to my care?
I mean to do my duty.
And now come, Suzanne, you and I will see what this wilderness castle of ours contains." The hunting lodge was worthy of a prince.

It was built of massive logs, but the interior was improved and finished in modern style.

There were no electric lights, but it contained almost every other luxury or convenience.

Besides the great room in which Julie was now sitting, they found on the ground floor a writing-room well supplied, a small parlor, a gunroom amply equipped with a variety of arms and ammunition, a dining-room containing much princely silver, a butler's pantry, a kitchen and a storeroom holding food enough to last them a year.

Above stairs were six bedrooms, any one of which the capable Suzanne could put in order in half an hour.