'Forget that now，' I answered．'You can help me．Bring our dinner，but tell no one that the King is here．'She came back in a few minutes，looking very serious．'How's your friend Johann？' I began．She looked surprised．'Oh，we don't see him very often now，'she answered．'He's very busy at the castle．''But you could get Johann to meet you tomorrow night，couldn't you？At ten o'clock，perhaps，on the road out of Zen-da．''Yes，sir…Yon're not going to hurt him？''Not if he does what I say．Go now，and say nothing about this．'After dinner，we left to go back to Tarlenheim House．We had almost reached it when we saw Sapt running to meet us．'Have you seen them？'he cried．'Duke Michael's men．Don't go out unless you have six men or more with you！'he said．'You know Bernenstein， one of your men？''Of course，'I answered．'A good，strong man，about as tall as me．''Well，they tried to kill him．He's upstairs now with a bullet in his arm．He was walking in the woods and he saw three men．Suddenly，they started shooting at him，so he began to run．
