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"In soastein," he continued, "you will understand why you have been enjoined to become the friend and companion of Terniloff You will understand your mission a little more clearly than you do now Its exact nature waits upon developments You can at all times trust Seaman"

Dominey bowed and remained silent His co

"Von Ragastein," he said, "ainst you was a just one The morals of htier empire You first of all betrayed the wife of one of the most influential noblemen of a State allied to my own, and then, in the duel that followed, you slew him"

"It was an accident, your Majesty," Do the Prince"

The Kaiser frowned All manner of excuses were loathsome to him

"The accident should have happened the other way," he rejoined sharply "I should have lost a valuable servant, but it was your life which was forfeit, and not his Still, they tell ive you this one great chance of rehabilitation If your work in England commends itself to me, the sentence of exile under which you suffer shall be rescinded"

"Your Majesty is too good," Dominey murmured "The work, for its own sake, will command my every effort, even without the hope of reward"

"That," the Kaiser said, "is well spoken It is the spirit, I believe, hich every son of ards the future I think that they, too, more especially those who surround e which has come to me For many years I have, for the sake of my people, willed peace Now that the time draws near when Heaven has shown me another duty, I have no fear but that every loyal Gers which will play around my sword and share with me the iron will to wield it Your audience is finished, Baron Von Ragastein You will take your place with the gentle-room We shall proceed within a few ian frontier"

Dominey rose, bowed stiffly and backed down the carpeted way The Kaiser was already bending onceoutside the door of the anteroom, called him in and introduced hi man with a fixed e, looked at hiely