"
"I understand every thing," said Louis Charles, with a sigh; "I
understand, that it would have been better if you had never released
me, and I had died like my father and mother."
"We must postpone the accomplishment of our hopes," said Conde,
sadly, "for I confess to you, there is little to expect from the
present, and there is no place where you are safe from the
persecutions and the daggers of your enemies. The republicans desire
your death as much as the royalists. In France, two parties threaten
you, and would I now risk every thing, carry you to some European
court and acquaint the sovereign of your arrival, and ask for his
assistance, I should have no credence, for, not the French republic
alone, but the Count de Lille would protest against it, and disavow
you before all Europe. It is, therefore, absolutely necessary, in
order to secure you against your enemies, that you should disappear
for a season, and that we patiently await the time which shall
permit us to bring you back upon the scenes."
"Do you believe that time will ever come?" asked the little prince,
with a shake of the head.
"I believe it, and, above every thing, I hope it," replied Conde,
quickly. "The greatest difficulty is to find a place for you to
remain where you may not be suspected, and where yon may be safe
from assault.
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