Chapter 31
Before the great high window, Marie of Reist watched the red fires flaring in the mountains and listened to the far-off booming of the guns. Behind her the room was in darkness, for she had turned out the lamps to see more clearly into the night. So when a voice at her elbow roused her she started with a sudden fear. “Countess, you hear the war-note yonder! Listen again! Those guns are sounding the knell of the House of Tyrnaus.” She recovered herself-yet she was amazed. “Baron Domiloff! What, are you still in Theos?” “Still in Theos, Countess. I remain here to the end.” “But you were banished,” she exclaimed. He smiled inscrutably. “Yes,” he answered. “I was banished-by Ughtred of Tyrnaus. Still, as you see, I remain. To tell you the truth, Countess, it did not seem worth my while
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