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XI A TIMELY INTERVENTION
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Nine o'clock found Barney Custer pacing up and down his apartments in the palace. No clue as to the whereabouts of Coblich, Maenck or the king had been discovered. One by one his troopers had returned to Butzow empty-handed, and as much at a loss as to the hiding-place of their quarry1 as when they had set out upon their search.
Peter of Blentz and his retainers had entered the city and already had commenced to gather at the cathedral.
Peter, at the residence of Coblich, had succeeded in gathering2 about him many of the older nobility whom he pledged to support him in case he could prove to them that the man who occupied the royal palace was not Leopold of Lutha.
They agreed to support him in his regency if he produced proof that the true Leopold was dead, and Peter of Blentz waited with growing anxiety the coming of Coblich with word that he had the king in custody3. Peter was staking all on a single daring move which he had decided4 to make in his game of intrigue5.
As Barney paced within the palace, waiting for word that Leopold had been found, Peter of Blentz was filled with equal apprehension6 as he, too, waited for the same tidings. At last he heard the pound of hoofs7 upon the pavement without and a moment later Coblich, his clothing streaked8 with dirt, blood caked upon his face from a wound across the forehead, rushed into the presence of the prince regent.
Peter drew him hurriedly into a small study on the first floor.
"Well?" he whispered, as the two faced each other.
"We have him," replied Coblich. "But we had the devil's own time getting him. Stein was killed and Maenck and I both wounded, and all morning we have spent the time hiding from troopers who seemed to be searching for us. Only fifteen minutes since did we reach the hiding-place that you instructed us to use. But we have him, your highness, and he is in such a state of cowardly terror that he is ready to agree to anything, if you will but spare his life and set him free across the border."
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quarry
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n.采石场;v.采石;费力地找 | |
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amazement
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buckling
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galloping
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dilapidation
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tenantless
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rustling
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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edifice
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groaning
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rusted
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stratagem
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cavalry
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abject
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misery
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afterward
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traitors
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卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 ); 叛徒; 背叛者; 背信弃义的人 | |
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