ity, bowing profoundly to the queen.
He said, in a trembling voice:

"I must beg your majesty graciously to dismiss me from your service. I
must obey this gentlemen, who, as it appears, is master in the castle."

The queen was for a moment speechless; her voice was lost, and her eyes
were filled with tears. She said, after a long pause:

"Will you rob me of my faithful servant? You dragged Baroness Bruhl and
Countess Ogliva to Warsaw, and now you will deprive me of the services
of this tried and constant friend."

"I obey the commands of my king," said the general, "and I believe your
majesty must see the justice of this arrest. Had the baron been captured
in camp, he would have been shot at once as a spy. I arrest him here
and send him to Berlin, that he may defend himself against the charge of
being a traitor."

The queen breathed heavily, she had regained her composure; turning to
the chamberlain she said, in a voice softer and kinder than had ever
been heard from her before:

"Go, my friend, and when your loyalty is called treason by out enemies,
do not forget that your queen is thinking of you with gratitude, and
praying for you to our heavenly Father."

She offered the chamberlain her small, white hand; he sank upon his
knees, and covered it with his tears and kisses.

"Go, my son," said Father Guarini, laying his hand upon Schonberg's
head--"go; the Lord has chosen you as a blessed martyr for our just and
holy cause. The Lord will be with you, and the holy mother Church will
pray for you."

"I go, my father--may it be granted me to die for my queen!"

Turning to the general, he delivered up his sword rather tragically, and
declared himself ready to depart.

The commandant signed to the officer.

"Conduct this gentleman to the carriage, and send him with a sufficient
guard to Berlin."

CHAPTER XI. THE TE DEUM.

The queen looked sadly after the chamberlain; when he had disappeared,
she turned to the general.

"I now hope," said she, "that you have fulfilled your orders, and that I
will be permitted to have my apartments to myself."

"I beg your majesty's pardon," said the general, bowing respectfully,
"but as yet I have fulfilled but the smallest portion of my master's
commands."

"How? is there still some one here whom you wish to arrest?" said the
queen.

"No, noble lady, but some one I wish to warn!"

"You are, without doubt, speaking of me, general?" said the priest,
quietly.