We must find him."
"And quickly. There must be--"
"--another death added to our little list before we are quite masters of
the situation in Vienna."
They gave Zmai orders to remain on guard at the house and went hurriedly
out together.
CHAPTER VI
TOWARD THE WESTERN STARS
Her blue eyes sought the west afar,
For lovers love the western star.
--_Lay of the Last Minstrel_.
Geneva is a good point from which to plan flight to any part of the
world, for there at the top of Europe the whole continental railway
system is easily within your grasp, and you may make your choice of
sailing ports. It is, to be sure, rather out of your way to seek a ship
at Liverpool unless you expect to gain some particular advantage in doing
so. Mr. John Armitage hurried thither in the most breathless haste to
catch the _King Edward_, whereas he might have taken the _Touraine_
at Cherbourg and saved himself a mad scamper; but his satisfaction in
finding himself aboard the _King Edward_ was supreme. He was and is, it
may be said, a man who salutes the passing days right amiably, no matter
how somber their colors.
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