? ? ? ? "But Herr Delbruck," I enquired, "how and why was it that the soldiers searched for me?"
? ? ? ? He shrugged his shoulders, as if in depreciation of his own deed, as he replied, "I was so fortunate as to obtain leave from the commander of the regiment in which I serve, to ask for volunteers."
? ? ? ? "But how did you know I was lost?" I asked.
? ? ? ? "The driver came hither with the remains of his carriage, which had been upset when the horses ran away."
? ? ? ? "But surely you would not send a search party of soldiers merely on this account?"
? ? ? ? "Oh, no!" he answered, "but even before the coachman arriv- ed, I had this telegram from the Boyar whose guest you are," and he took from his pocket a telegram which he handed to me, and I read:
? ? ? ? Bistritz.
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