"I do not forget this bandaged neck, or this sore
head of mine." He laughed a laugh that chilled Porky. "Watch,
Ledermann, watch! I'll not destroy him while he is busy on the
Emperor's business. But some day, some day, Ledermann--"
"Never mind", said Ledermann. "Let that all go for now. What
have you to, tell me? First?"
"First, where is the Wolf to-night?" asked Adolph. "That's what
always worries me most. He will rise at my side in a minute, I
know."
"Not to-night," said Ledermann. "For once he will not be here.
He was thrown from his horse to-day, and is in the Hospital. I
think he is honestly hurt, because he cannot use his foot, and
when I made an excuse and worked my way in, he whispered, 'Not
before Thursday.'"
"That will be day after to-morrow," said Adolph. "And we meet
him then, I take it, in the usual place?"
"Yes," said Ledermann shortly.
Porky listened breathlessly to know where the place was. But
there was silence. Adolph's great shoulder pressed against the
little windowpane, and a corner broke out and tinkled down.
"Be careful!" scolded Ledermann. "You don't want to break this
pretty toy. Come now, and tell me all you have done."
"Not so much," said Adolph, "except I have talked to all the
young recruits.
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