Chapter TwoIn the train that was carrying them to Hoyes, Zena was aware that her heart was beating nervously and she found it impossible to read the book the Countess Bernkasler had bought for her edification on the journey.
It was only a two-hour ride from the Capital to Ettengen and the Arch-Duke had not bothered to provide his children with a Royal coach.
Instead a carriage was reserved on the train and they were seen into it by a Lord-in-waiting, the Station Master and a number of other railway officials.
They were in fact, travelling incognito. This was an excuse for the Arch-Duke not to send a military escort with them on the train or to have sentries posted outside the Professor’s house in Ettengen.
As soon as they left the Capital, therefore, Kendric became the Comte de Casteln
