A Servant of Satan: Romantic Career of Prado the Assassin — page 35: what you’re looking at

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A SERVANT OF SATAN. “ese 27 other of those insane scrapes into which you are always being led by some disreputable cocotte.” | ‘‘Stay, father,” interrupted Frederick. ‘‘ Not a word more, I entreat you. It was just for such a remark that I struck my colonel. I will not hear a word against the woman who is my wife.” «“Your wife! your wife! Do you want me to believe — that you have married without my consent—without the permission of the military authorities—without the ap- proval of your family and of your king? Who, then, is” the woman whom you were so ashamed to acknowledge?” A-pure and noble-hearted girl, whose only sin is her humble birth,” retorted Frederick. | «« Enough, sir! ‘Tell me her name, and how you came to know her.” ‘Her name was Rose Hartmann, and she—— Well, she was a shop-girl at ‘ Louise’s when I first made her ac- quaintance.”” The general had by this time become perfectly calm, but it was a calm that boded far worse than his former anger. «Took here, Frederick,” said he, very coldly, ‘‘I have full reason to mistrust you now; and before I take any step in this unfortunate matter, I must write to Berlin, and to your regiment, for the purpose of discovering the full ex- | tent of your misconduct. You will be good enough to con-— sider yourself as under arrest here. I forbid you to leave your room under any pretext whatever. I will tell your step-mother that you are ill, and can see nobody, not even her, and I shall take good care that all our friends are left in ignorance of your presence here. : And now leave me. I want to be alone. I will send for you when I want you.” Frederick, thoroughly cowed by his father’s manner, murmured some words of regret and explanation, but the general pointed toward the door, and he left his presence with a heavy heart. rs i ea Comicbooks.com —