The terrific noise and bustle of breaking down the door seemed not to have aroused him from his lethargy, but when Prince Aribert spoke to him in German he looked at his uncle.
'Will you not come with us, Eugen ?' said Prince Aribert; 'you needn't stay here any longer, you know.' 'Leave me alone,' was the strange reply; 'leave me alone.

What do you want ?' 'We are here to get you out of this scrape,' said Aribert gently.
Racksole stood aside.
'Who is that fellow ?' said Eugen sharply.
'That is my friend Mr Racksole, an Englishman--or rather, I should say, an American--to whom we owe a great deal.

Come and have supper, Eugen.' 'I won't,' answered Eugen doggedly.

'I'm waiting here for her.

You didn't think anyone had kept me here, did you, against my will?
I tell you I'm waiting for her.