THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE HEMPSEED. 33

the soldiers took their seats at that table which the noble
guests had quitted in alarm.
Asfor the lacqueys,
footmen, and other
servants, — instead
of troubling them-
== selves with the fate
of the two children,
—they took advan-

tage of the con-
fusion to make off
with all the plate
and other valuables that they could lay their hands on.

The tutor had doubiless run away, and the governess
had certainly fled.

Olympia, half dead with fright, had passed stealthily
amongst the horde of soldiers, who knew not that she was

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