The King had died yesterday-yet none had told his heir! Mistitch had set out for Dobrava with fifty men to wait for the King-who was dead! The dead King would never go to Dobrava-and no messenger came to the new King at Praslok!
Zerkovitch's news was enough to raise the anger of a King-and Sergius blazed with it. But more potent still was his wrathful fear as he thought of Sophy at Praslok, in the power of Captain Hercules.
He had his guard of twenty mounted men with him. With these he at once set forth, bidding Lukovitch collect all the men he could and follow him as speedily as possible. If Mistitch had really gone to Dobrava, then he would find him there and have the truth out of him. But if, as the Prince hardly doubted, he was making for Praslok, there was time to intercept him, tim
