The Archbishop waved his hand.
"Nothing you could do would surprise me, since your interview with the
Court of Archbishops. I am on my way to Frankfort." Then, more
seriously, to Prince Roland: "You heard of your father's death?"
"I learned it only this morning, my Lord. I shall return to Frankfort
when I am assured that this gentlewoman is in a place of safety."
"Ah, Countess, there will be no lack of safety now! But will you not
ease an old man's conscience by admitting he was in the right?"
The Countess looked up at Roland with a smile.
"Yes, dear Guardian," she said. "You were in the right."
XVII
"FOR THE EMPRESS, AND NOT FOR THE EMPIRE"
While the long line of troops stood at salute in single file, the
Archbishop turned his horse to the north and rode past his regiments,
followed by the Countess and Roland. His Lordship was accompanied to the
end of the ranks by his general, who received final instructions
regarding the march.
"You will encamp for the night not at Schloss Martinsburg, as I had
intended, but a league or two up the Lahn.
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