And after him he ran straightway.
CHAPTER XXII
THE SIGHT OF TERROR
"My dear Henrietta," Leonard had said to his wife the day before, as he
shook the dust of the chase off his clothes, "very shortly some guests
will arrive at Hidvar and possibly they may be numerous. May I ask you
to make ready for their reception?"
Henrietta signified by a motion of her head that she understood.
"It is possible you may have to perform the duties of hostess without my
assistance, for I have to be off at once to Szeb and don't expect to be
back for a couple of days. It is possible that the gentlemen in question
may arrive during my absence which I should very much regret.
Nevertheless you may depend upon my hastening home as quickly as I can
to meet them here."
All this did not seem to interest Henrietta very much. Leonard noticed
it.
"Let the gentry, my dear, occupy the room overlooking the park, the
servants had better have the six rooms generally given to hunting
parties on the ground floor, with the four and twenty beds."
At these directions the lady looked at her lord with an expression of
surprised inquiry.
"I see," resumed her husband, "you are asking yourself what sort of
company that can be for whose master one room suffices while the
servants require six. I will tell you. It is the armed corps from Arad
which is charged with the capture of Fatia Negra and his associates.
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