At
the command of his Highness I am come to conduct you to the palace."
"The prince is most kind," said St. George, and added eagerly: "He
is returned, then?"
"Assuredly. Three days ago," was the reply.
"And the king--is he returned?" asked St. George.
The man shook his head, and his very anxiety seemed important.
"His Majesty, the King," he affirmed, "is still most lamentably
absent from his throne and his people."
"And his daughter?" demanded St. George then, who could not
possibly have waited an instant longer to put that question.
"The daughter of his Majesty, the King," said Cassyrus, looking
still more as if he were having his portrait painted, "will in three
days be recognized publicly as Princess of Yaque."
St. George's heart gave a great bound. Thank Heaven, she was here,
and safe. His hope and confidence soared heavenward. And by some
miracle she was to take her place as the people of Yaque had
petitioned. But what was the meaning of that news of the prince's
treachery which Jarvo and Akko had come bearing? The prince had
faithfully fulfilled his mission and had conducted the daughter of
the King of Yaque safely to her father's country.
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