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CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER KILL
The Torture Chamber.
A for the young American herself.
she had remained these hours alone In
the palace OF the king.
The palace. as she now reflected.
was more nearly deserted than ever
she had seen IT, The household staf
seemed disorrznizee Fright had
caught held Of all The most eonfict-
ing runors went this way and that
Il wonfer.- said Kitty Gray to her
self after a time. as she sat aione--I
xoneers-
Sow. What she wondered had to do
With certain questions Which she long
had had u her own Eind
Crsciati czn'-cid cam mean
'ezz>rz'-'ekzzber' - torture cham
be-
II 10. where vas that torture cham
bert xas IL unt<r the nztfIerents yun-
der. CT here IN the palace irself-
where had the cid king coneeaiet ais
wealth.
SEE rang TIE bell ant summoned
cnce more the woman Of the pzlzes
vho thus far bad cared for her AZ the
kinxs behest-
-Nzrgre- said she. talk TO ne.
have Travelled far and an weary I an
eistreszsd-nervo1s perhaps Talk to
ne
We are all distressed. exceEEeney.-
said the woman We know roe what
there may be yonder. Perhaps this
nonenf the two kingdoms may De At
war But what can do To make your
exceTlsncy mere ccufortahle.-
She vas willing enough TO curry IA
vor with . fxvorite Of the king.
Tel me Narxot." demanded Kitty
Gray. about this country here am q
stranger from q far country. and
know very little OF this land and OF
it's customs Is Il an old land. this OF
Grefzhcfer. Margctr-
More imnemorially old. your excel
leney. than most people have ever
dreamed Of The first kings Of Gretz-
hofen date back so far In history that
almost they merge into myths. The
oldest kingdoms OF Europe are not 30
old as this little one
Does the history Of this country
date back 50 far as the middle ages
oh. easily. We are very old. :
smiled Margot
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hloodshed. were they not, Why. Mar
got. in those days they tortured pris-
oners. did they notrs
Not only prisoners. exceIlency. but
many others II king wished news
or money. IL an Official wished confes-
sion OF q crime-if a bishop desired
confession OF faith from . heretie-the
torture chamber was the place to get
such results
But not here. Marsot-surely not
here
These very walls saw il. exceIlencx
yes,"
But that was long ago-those places
were al wiped out and forgotten Axes
since"
Destroyed. Indeed. rot. Do not
the people OF this country always pre-
serve their monuments. their museums
Of weapons. their chambers Of horrors.
Do they not take a certain pride In
that. Morzrchs even Of today know
the secrets Of the old torture cham
hers in this land. and perhaps in many
another"
I could not have believed II. And
10 there was such place here. in this
palaee9-
Surely can give warrant for ev-
cry word have told you. excelleney.
The tradition Is that tho old torture
chamber OF Gretzhoren vas over yon-
cer-under the corner tower OF the
palaee-where the embellishments ran
In There is q corridor which leads
yonter. down below. into the vaults.
| would not go there for all the world.
Few OF US know the way. indeed
have never been there We folk Of
Grctzhofen palace-we are wise
enough not to ask too many questions,
or to learn too many truths. Besides.
| should die with terror TO think Of
what spirits Eust haunt such q place
But. excellency." she concluded, let
Us speak Of more pleasant thinxs.