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A secret service agent -- one of the spies of the crafty old Minister Minckeldeym -- had followed Claire from Treysa. Her accidental meeting with Leitolf had, he declared, been prearranged.
It was now said that she, a Crown Princess of the Imperial blood, had eloped with her lover! The Court scandal was complete.