He is going to marry the Princess Anna.' 'Not while I live.

He made overtures there a year ago, and was rebuffed.' 'Yes; but he will make overtures again, and this time he will not be rebuffed.

Oh, Eugen! can't you see that this plot against you is being engineered by some persons who know all about your affairs, and whose desire is to prevent your marriage with Princess Anna?
Only one man in Europe can have any motive for wishing to prevent your marriage with Princess Anna, and that is the man who means to marry her himself.' Eugen went very pale.
'Then, Aribert, do you mean to convey to me that my detention in Ostend was contrived by the agents of the King of Bosnia ?' 'I do.' 'With a view to stopping my negotiations with Sampson Levi, and so putting an end to the possibility of my marriage with Anna ?' Aribert nodded.
'You are a good friend to me, Aribert.

You mean well.

But you are mistaken.
You have been worrying about nothing.' 'Have you forgotten about Reginald Dimmock ?' 'I remember you said that he had died.' 'I said nothing of the sort.