"
The irony in the remark was not lost on Robin. He flushed angrily but
held his tongue.
Ten o'clock found the three gentlemen,--so classified by Hobbs,--out
of the Schweizerhof and arranging for accommodations at the Regina
Hotel Jungfraublick, perched on an eminence overlooking the valley
and some distance removed from the temporary abode of the Prince.
Their departure from the hotel in the Hoheweg was accomplished
without detection by Miss Guile or her friends, and, to all intents
and purposes, Robin was alone and unattended when he sat down on the
porch near the telescope to await the first appearance of the
enchanting foe. He was somewhat puzzled by the strange submissiveness
of his companions. Deep down in his mind lurked the disquieting
suspicion that they were conniving to get the better of the lovely
temptress by some sly and secret bit of strategy. What was back of
the wily Baron's motive? Why were they now content to let him take
the bit in his teeth and run wherever he would? What had become of
their anxiety, their eagerness to drag him off to Graustark by the
first train? There was food for reflection in the tranquil
capitulation of the defenders.
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