she is at present in and ready to take the field at once if so why did conceal the information from me he knows i am devoted to the that i desire for my own ends and those of the church to restore the princess to the throne yet he has not told me all i may be mistaken certainly but i feel sure that is in the princess here said breaking in on his master s re very with the assurance of a privileged favorite i ejaculated the cardinal fixing his keen eye on the secretary i forgot for the moment that you were present yes i feel certain that the princess is here you know what the said yesterday about the occupation of the villa by this m his intention to supply the princess the keys of st peter with money and the conspiracy formed in london yes your eminence i heard all this but it does not say that princess is here to me it does replied emphatically do you think that they would leave behind them such a necessary to the plot as princess de i tell you no with her on the spot they can do everything in her absence notwithstanding all their craft and conspiracy the result will be nothing and again is not the woman to be left behind if this is so why did not the tell your eminence that is what i do not know perhaps the princess chooses to reveal herself at her own time the wife of the englishman comes to day yes she is due now she comes to see a poor of the church but not alone the cardinal uttered this sentence with such irony that the secretary looked up quickly and then dropped his eyes again in a manner i do not your eminence this madame said the cardinal slowly has requested permission to bring with her a female companion why so there can be no risk in visiting a priest like myself if so this female companion is useless then your eminence thinks � i do not think said emphatically i am sure that this companion is the princess at this moment an electric bell which announced to the that his guests had arrived in london had not now i think the game will be in my f that is if does not think of some new combination he will all in the end replied the cardinal quietly the fox has many tricks but he is run to earth at last how did your eminence guess that i would bring her majesty with me asked who could not help at the prompt manner in which the had recognized did my husband tell you or the neither madame i know the temper too well to think that any of them would remain in the background when i saw the yesterday i knew that her majesty could not be far oflf to day you visit me with a female attendant i know you madame as madame so it needed but little thinking on my part to guess that you were accompanied by her majesty all the same i think your eminence is to be congratulated on your said smiling but i might have known no disguise could your eye i only hope will not discover the truth also you must keep out of his sight said the cardinal hastily these are very keen and very suspicious it was of you to come hither her majesty was anxious to see your eminence personally then her majesty should have sent for me to the villa the keys of st peter my dear cardinal broke in impatiently i was too anxious to know what position you to take up to await your arrival what position could i take up but that of your friend said the cardinal in a tone you forget that our interests are identical but a part from all worldly considerations i should be base to desert the daughter of a monarch to i owe so much forgive me cardinal i know you are devoted bo my interest replied taking his hand � but you know the fallen are ever suspicious your majesty � why address me by that mockery of a title a queen without subjects without lands i have not even been crowned but you will be said and by my hands in the cathedral of but the crown of is that in the possession of no it is yet in the treasure vault of the cathedral where it has ever been wished to seize it and i had to threaten him with before he would from his purpose still if he is not of your church he would not care for that observed thoughtfully not in himself perhaps but if he was he would lose his position as president of the and he fought too hard to risk such a loss what think you of our plans ask d a anxiously in london i think they are excellent we are to your husband madame continued the cardinal bowing graciously to both for his proposed loan of money to the cause and his suggestion regarding the villa being the of the queen s my husband will do all in his power to replace the queen on her throne but in the event of war do you think the cause will be well supported the cardinal smiled and going over to the desk took from thence the papers concerning the conspiracy and placed them in the hands of look at these your majesty he said significantly and you will see that i have not been idle the princess eagerly examined the lists while the addressed himself with courtesy to whose beauty had made a great impression on him m must indeed be a prince madame when he can afford to raise a million of money in the cause of fallen it is a good use to 