The

Prisoner of
Zenda
Secondary 3

Mohamed
Morsi
 Chapter 1
I was eating breakfast in the dining room of my brother's house one sunny morning,
thinking about what I would do that week, when my brother's wife Rose came into
the room."Rudolf, you're 29 years old," she said. "Are you ever going to do anything
useful?" "Rose," I answered, putting down my egg spoon, "why should I do
anything? I have nearly enough money to do anything I want to (no one ever has
quite enough money to do that, of course), and I enjoy an important position in
society: my brother's Lord Burlesdon and you are a countess."

‫ع ػ٘يٓخ‬ٞ‫ ًُي حألٓز‬ِٚ‫ٔخ ٓؤكؼ‬٤‫أكٌَ ك‬ٝ ٢‫ ٍِٓ٘ أه‬٢‫ ؿَكش حُطؼخّ ك‬٢‫ٍ حإلكطخٍ ك‬ٝ‫ ً٘ض أط٘خ‬,ْٔ‫ّ ٓش‬ٞ٣ ‫ طزخف‬٢‫ك‬
‫ أريح‬١ٞ٘‫ أال ط‬,‫ٕ ػخٓخ‬َٝ‫ػش‬ٝ ‫ٕ طزِؾ ٖٓ حُؼَٔ طٔغ‬٥‫ أٗض ح‬,‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ" ,ٍُٝ ‫ هخُض‬.ٍُٝ ,٢‫ؿش أه‬ُٝ ‫ىهِض حُلـَس‬
‫ُ؟ أٗخ‬ٍٝ ‫خ‬٣ ‫ت‬٤‫ ش‬١‫ إٔ أكؼَ أ‬٢ِ‫ػ‬
ّ ٢‫٘زـ‬٣ ‫ " ُٔخًح‬,‫ حُٔ٘ؼيس‬٠ِ‫غ ػ‬٤‫أٗخ أػغ ِٓؼوش حُز‬ٝ ُ‫يح؟" كؤؿزض‬٤‫جخ ٓل‬٤‫إٔ طلؼَ ش‬
‫ أطٔظغ‬٢٘ٗ‫ ًٔخ أ‬,)‫خ ُؼَٔ ًُي‬٤‫ٔظِي ٓطِوخ ٓخال ًخك‬٣ ‫ (رخُطزغ ال أكي‬ٙ‫ي‬٣ٍ‫ت أ‬٤‫ ش‬١‫ ُؼَٔ أ‬٢‫ٌل‬٣ ‫زخ ٓخ‬٣َ‫أٓظِي ٖٓ حُٔخٍ طو‬
".‫ٔش‬٤‫ٗظ‬ًٞ ‫أٗض‬ٝ ٕٝ‫َُٔي‬٤‫ٍى ر‬ُِٞ‫ ح‬ٞٛ ٢‫ كؤه‬,‫ حُٔـظٔغ‬٢‫م ك‬َٞٓٓ ًَِٔ‫ر‬

"But you've done nothing except……""Be lazy? It's true. I'm a member of the
Rassendyll family and our family don't need to do things." This annoyed Rose,
because her family were rich but less important than the Rassendylls. At this
moment, my brother Lord Burlesdon (who we were happy to call simply Robert)
came into the room. "Robert, I'm so happy you're back!" cried Rose. "What's the
matter, my dear?" Robert asked her. "She's angry because she thinks I don't do
anything," I explained to my brother.

‫ كؤٗخ أكي أػؼخء‬.٢‫و‬٤‫ٌح كو‬ٛ ‫ال؟‬ًٞٔ ًٕٞ‫ "ػيح إٔ أ‬,‫خ هخثال‬ٜ‫" هخؽؼظ‬...... ‫ت ػيح‬٤‫ ش‬١‫ٌُ٘ي ُْ طلؼَ أ‬ٝ" ,ٍُٝ ‫كوخُض‬
‫ش‬٤٘‫خ ًخٗض ؿ‬ٜ‫غ إٔ ػخثِظ‬٤‫ُ ك‬ٍٝ ‫ٌح حٌُالّ أؿؼذ‬ٛ ".‫ت‬٤‫ ش‬١‫خّ رؼَٔ أ‬٤‫ حُو‬٠ُ‫ٔض رلخؿش ا‬٤ُ ‫ػخثِظ٘خ‬ٝ ٍ‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ػخثِش ٍح‬
ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ٕ (ح‬ٝ‫َُٔي‬٤‫ٍى ر‬ُِٞ‫ ح‬٢‫ حُلـَس أه‬٠ُ‫ ىهَ ا‬,‫ حُِلظش‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ ك‬.ٍ‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫هش ًؼخثِش ٍح‬َٞٓٓ ‫خ ُْ طٌٖ ػخثِش‬ٌُٜ٘ٝ
‫ "ٓخ‬,‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫خ‬ُٜ‫" كٔؤ‬.‫ىطي‬ٞ‫ش رؼ‬٣‫يس ُِـخ‬٤‫ أٗخ ٓؼ‬,‫رَص‬ٍٝ" ,ٍُٝ ‫ كظخكض‬,)‫رَص‬ٍٝ ْٓ‫ رزٔخؽش رخ‬ٚ٣‫ٔؼيٗخ إٔ ٗ٘خى‬٣
".‫ت‬٤‫ ش‬١‫ّ رؼَٔ أ‬ٞ‫ ال أه‬٢٘ٗ‫خ طؼظوي أ‬ٜٗ‫خ ؿخػزش أل‬ٜٗ‫ "ا‬,‫ هخثال‬٢‫؟" كشَكضُ حألَٓ أله‬٢‫ِط‬٣ِ‫خ ػ‬٣ َٓ‫حأل‬

At this point, I should explain that I had not been lazy all my life. I had studied hard
and learned a lot when I was at a German school and German university. I spoke
German as well as I spoke English, and I also knew how to speak French, Italian and
Spanish. I was good with a gun and a strong swordsman. I was also very good at
riding a horse.
‫َ ػ٘يٓخ ً٘ض‬٤‫طؼِٔض حٌُؼ‬ٝ ‫ ؿخى‬ٍٞ ‫ ٗل‬٠ِ‫ كؤٗخ ىٍٓضُ ػ‬,٢‫خط‬٤‫حٍ ك‬ٞ‫ال ؽ‬ًٞٔ ًٖ‫ ُْ أ‬٢٘ٗ‫ـذ إٔ أشَف أ‬٣ ,‫ حُ٘وطش‬ٌٙٛ ‫ػ٘ي‬
‫ش‬٤َٔٗ‫ق أطليع حُل‬٤ً ُ‫ًٌُي طؼِٔض‬ٝ ,‫ش‬٣ِ٤ِ‫ حإلٗـ‬٠ُ‫ش رخإلػخكش ا‬٤ٗ‫طليػضُ حألُٔخ‬ٝ .‫ش‬٤ٗ‫ؿخٓؼش أُٔخ‬ٝ ‫ش‬٤ٗ‫ ٓيٍٓش أُٔخ‬٢‫ك‬
٢‫ ً٘ض رخٍػخ ؿيح ك‬٢٘ٗ‫ ًٔخ أ‬,‫ق‬٤ُٔ‫خ رخ‬٣ٞ‫ً٘ض ٓزخٍُح ه‬ٝ ّ‫ذ رخُٔٔي‬٣ٞ‫ حُظظ‬٢‫َح ك‬ٛ‫ً٘ض ٓخ‬ٝ .‫ش‬٤ٗ‫حألٓزخ‬ٝ ‫ش‬٤ُ‫طخ‬٣‫حإل‬ٝ
.َ٤‫د حُو‬ًٍٞ

"It's not just your red hair that makes you different from your brother," said Rose.
"He also realises his position in society has responsibilities. You only see
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 1 Mohamed Morsi
opportunities in yours." "To a man like me, opportunities are responsibilities," I
explained. "Good, because I have some news for you," said Rose. "Sir Jacob
Borrodaile tells me he'll offer you a real opportunity. He's going to be an ambassador
in six months' time, and he says he's happy for you to work for him. I hope you'll
take this job, Rudolf."

ُٚ ‫ حُٔـظٔغ‬٢‫ ك‬ًَِٙٓ ٕ‫ؼخ أ‬٣‫يٍى أ‬٣ ٜٞ‫ ك‬,‫ي‬٤‫ـؼِي ٓوظِلخ ػٖ أه‬٣ ‫ كوؾ ٓخ‬ٞٛ ْ٤ُ َٔ‫ "إ شؼَى حألك‬,ٍُٝ ‫هخُض‬
َ‫ حُلَص طؼظز‬,٢ِ‫ "رخُ٘ٔزش َُؿَ ٓؼ‬,‫َٔح‬
ّ ‫خ ٓل‬ُٜ ‫" كوِض‬.‫ حُلَص كوؾ‬٢‫ ًَِٓى حإلؿظٔخػ‬٢‫ ك‬َٟ‫ أٓخ أٗض كظ‬.‫خص‬٤ُٞ‫ٓٔج‬
‫ي‬٤ِ‫ؼَع ػ‬٤ٓ ٚٗ‫َ أ‬٣‫ى‬ٍٝٞ‫د ر‬ًٞ‫ي ؿخ‬٤ُٔ‫ ح‬٢٘‫ أرِـ‬.‫ رؼغ حألهزخٍ ُي‬١‫ ألٕ ػ٘ي‬,‫ي‬٤‫ٌح ؿ‬ٛ" ,ٍُٝ ‫" كوخُض‬.‫خص‬٤ُٞ‫ٓٔج‬
٠ِ‫ إٔ طلظَ ػ‬٠٘ٔ‫ أط‬.ٚ‫ إٔ طؼَٔ ٓؼ‬ٙ‫ٔؼي‬٣ ٚٗ‫ٍ أ‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ٞٛٝ ,َٜ‫ هالٍ ٓظش أش‬٢‫َح ك‬٤‫ظزق ٓل‬٤ٓ ٜٞ‫ ك‬.‫ش‬٤‫و‬٤‫كَطش كو‬
".‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ‫خ‬٣ ‫لش‬٤‫ظ‬ُٞ‫ ح‬ٌٙٛ

My sister-in-law has a way of asking people to do things which is impossible to

refuse. Moreover, I thought this job sounded quite interesting, so I said, "If in six
months' time I'm in a position to take this job, then I'll certainly say yes." "Oh,
Rudolf, how good of you!" said Rose."Where will he be working?" I asked. "Sir
Jacob doesn't know which country it will be, but he's sure it will be a good embassy."
"For you I'll do it, even if it's a terrible embassy," I replied.

١‫ حػظوخى‬٢‫ ًخٕ ك‬,‫ ًُي‬٠ِ‫س ػ‬ٝ‫ ػال‬.ٚ‫َ ٍكؼ‬٤‫خء ٖٓ حُٔٔظل‬٤‫ٖ ػَٔ حألش‬٣َ‫ه‬٥‫ ٖٓ ح‬ٚ‫د ططِذ ر‬ِٞٓ‫خ أ‬ُٜ ٢‫ؿش أه‬ُٝ
ٌٙٛ ٠ِ‫ أكظَ ػ‬٢ِ٘‫ـؼ‬٣ ‫ػغ‬ٝ ٢‫َ ك‬ٜ‫ هالٍ ٓظش أش‬٢‫ "اًح ً٘ضُ ك‬,‫ ٌُُي هِض‬,‫ش‬٣‫ظٔخّ ُِـخ‬ٛ‫َس ُال‬٤‫لش ٓؼ‬٤‫ظ‬ُٞ‫ ح‬ٌٙٛ ٕ‫أ‬
"‫ؼَٔ؟‬٤ٓ ٖ٣‫أ‬ٝ" ,‫خ هخثال‬ٜ‫" كٔؤُظ‬.‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ‫خ‬٣ ‫ت ٍحثغ ٓ٘ي‬٤‫ ش‬ٚٗ‫ "ا‬,ٍُٝ ‫" كوخُض‬.‫خ‬ِٜ‫ي ٓؤهز‬٤ً‫ كؤٗخ رخُظؤ‬,‫لش‬٤‫ظ‬ُٞ‫ح‬
‫ف‬ٞٓ" ,‫" كوِض‬.‫يس‬٤‫ٕ ٓلخٍس ؿ‬ٌٞ‫خ ٓظ‬ٜٗ‫ ٓظؤًي أ‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ,َٔ‫ٕ حُؼ‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ‫ُش‬ٝ‫ ى‬١‫ أ‬٢‫ؼَف ك‬٣ ‫د ال‬ًٞ‫ي ؿخ‬٤ُٔ‫ "ح‬,‫كوخُض‬
".‫ء‬ُٞٔ‫ش ح‬٣‫ ؿخ‬٢‫ ًخٗض ٓلخٍس ك‬ُٞٝ ٠‫ض كظ‬
ِ ٗ‫هخؽَى أ‬
ِ َ‫لش ألؿ‬٤‫ظ‬ُٞ‫ ح‬ٌٙٛ ٠ِ‫أكظَ ػ‬

Now, I had made my promise to Rose, but there were still six months to go before the
job would start, and I began to think about what I could do in this time. I decided
that I would visit Ruritania, a small country in the middle of Europe. My family have
always had an interest in that country because in 1733, Countess Amelia Rassendyll
married a member of the Ruritanian royal family, the Elphbergs. In fact my brother
has paintaings of her and her descendants on his walls: many of them have the same
red hair and straight noses as the Elphbergs; I am the latest one to have the
appearance of the Ruritanian royal family.

‫ٔخ‬٤‫ريأص أكٌَ ك‬ٝ .‫لش‬٤‫ظ‬ُٞ‫َ ُالٗطالم هزَ إٔ أريأ ح‬ٜ‫٘خى ٓظش أش‬ٛ ٕ‫ٌُٖ ًخ‬ٝ ,ٍُٝ ّ‫ أٓخ‬٢ٔ‫ ٗل‬٠ِ‫ػيح ػ‬ٝ ُ‫ٕ هطؼض‬٥‫ح‬
‫ ًخٗض ىحثٔخ‬٢‫ ػخثِظ‬.‫رخ‬ٍٝٝ‫ٓؾ أ‬ٝ ٢‫َس ك‬٤‫ُش طـ‬ٝ‫ ى‬٢ٛٝ ,‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٍُٝ‫ هٍَصُ إٔ أ‬.‫ حُٔيس‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ ك‬ِٚ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ أكؼ‬٣
‫ُش‬ٝ‫٘يٍ ٖٓ أكي أػؼخء حُؼخثِش حُٔخٌُش ُي‬٤ٓ‫خ ٍح‬٤ِ٤ٓ‫ٔش أ‬٤‫ٗظ‬ٌُٞ‫ؿض ح‬ِٝ‫ ط‬3311 ّ‫ ػخ‬٢‫ ك‬ٚٗ‫ُش أل‬ٝ‫ حُي‬ٌٜٙ‫ظٔش ر‬ٜٓ
ٖ٣َ٤‫ حٌُؼ‬ٟ‫ؿي ُي‬ٞ٣ .ُِٚ٘ٓ ٕ‫ ؿيٍح‬٠ِ‫خ ػ‬ٛ‫أكلخى‬ٝ ‫ٔش‬٤‫ٗظ‬ٌُِٞ ‫كخص‬ُٞ ٢‫ؼغ أه‬٣ ,‫حهغ‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٢‫ ك‬.‫ ػخثِش اُلزَؽ‬,‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ
ٌَ‫ ٗلْ ش‬ُٚ ٢‫ ػخثِظ‬٢‫ أٗخ خهَ كَى ك‬.‫خ أكَحى ػخثِش اُلزَؽ‬ٜ‫ظْٔ ر‬٣ ٢‫ٔش حُظ‬٤‫حألٗق حُٔٔظو‬ٝ َٔ‫ْ ٗلْ حُشؼَ حأل ك‬ٜ٘ٓ
.‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍَُٝ ‫حُؼخثِش حُٔخٌُش‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 2 Mohamed Morsi

My decision was helped a few days later when I read in The Times newspaper that
Rudolf the Fifth was to become King of Ruritania in the next three weeks, and that
amazing celebrations were planned for this joyous occasion. I thought how fantastic
it would be to see such an event and began to prepare for my journey. I do not like to
tell people where I go on my travels, so I told Rose that I was going walking in the
Alps. I did not want her to think I was being lazy either, so I told her I was going to
write a book about social problems in the country.

ٕ‫ُق حُوخْٓ ًخ‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ٕ‫ِٔ أ‬٣‫يس حُظخ‬٣َ‫ ؿ‬٢‫ كوي هَأص ك‬,‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٠ُ‫ رخُٔلَ ا‬١ٍ‫ِش ىػّْ هَح‬٤ِ‫خّ ه‬٣‫خ رؤ‬ٛ‫ت رؼي‬٤‫كيع ش‬
‫ حُٔ٘خٓزش‬ٌٜٙ‫ طْ حإلػيحى الكظلخالص ٍحثؼش ر‬ٚٗ‫أ‬ٝ ,‫غ حُؼالػش حُوخىٓش‬٤‫ هالٍ حألٓخر‬٢‫خ ك‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٠ِ‫ظزق ٌِٓخ ػ‬٤ٓ
ٖ‫ أٗخ ال أكذ إٔ أهزَ أكيح ػ‬.٢‫ريأصُ أػ ّي َُكِظ‬ٝ ,‫جخ ٍحثؼخ‬٤‫ٕ ش‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ‫ٌح حُليع‬ٛ َ‫يس ٓؼ‬ٛ‫ كٌَصُ إٔ ٓشخ‬.‫يس‬٤‫حُٔؼ‬
٢٘ٗ‫أل‬ٝ .‫ ؿزخٍ حألُذ‬٢‫ ك‬٢‫خػش حُٔش‬٣ٍ ‫ذ ُٔٔخٍٓش‬ٛ‫ ًح‬٢٘ٗ‫ُ أ‬ٍٝ ُ‫ ٌُُي كوي أهزَص‬,٢‫ ٍكالط‬٢‫خ ك‬ٜ٤ُ‫ذ ا‬ًٛ‫ أ‬٢‫حألٓخًٖ حُظ‬
.‫ق‬٣َُ‫ ح‬٢‫ش ك‬٤‫ق ًظخد ػٖ حُٔشٌالص حالؿظٔخػ‬٤ُ‫ طؤ‬١ٞٗ‫ أ‬٢٘ٗ‫خ أ‬ٜ‫ كؤهزَط‬,‫ؼخ‬٣‫ال أ‬ًٞٔ ‫ ً٘ض‬٢٘ٗ‫خ إٔ طؼظوي أ‬ٛ‫ي‬٣ٍ‫ُْ أًٖ أ‬

"You're going to write a book? That would be such a good thing to do, wouldn't it,
Robert?" said Rose. "Yes, indeed. Writing a book's the best way to get into politics,"
agreed Robert, and he should know, as he has written many books himself. "You're
right," I said to them both. However, I had no plan to really write a book, which
shows how little we know about the future. Because here I am now, writing a book as
I had promised to do, even if the book has nothing to do with the social problems in
the Alps. But let me begin near the start of my journey to Ruritania.

١‫رَص حَُأ‬ٍٝ ‫خ‬ٜ‫حكو‬ٞ‫رَص؟" ك‬ٍٝ ‫خ‬٣ ‫ْ ًٌُي‬٤ُ‫ أ‬,ٚ‫ّ ر‬ٞ‫يح طو‬٤‫جخ ؿ‬٤‫ٕ ش‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ‫ٌح‬ٛ ‫ق ًظخد؟‬٤ُ‫ طؤ‬١ٞ٘‫َ ط‬ٛ" ,ٍُٝ ‫هخُض‬
ٚٗ‫غ أ‬٤‫ؼَف ًُي ك‬٣ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫ي‬٤ً‫" رخُظؤ‬.‫خٓش‬٤ُٔ‫ ح‬٢‫وش ُالٗوَحؽ ك‬٣َ‫ أكؼَ ؽ‬ٞٛ ‫ق ًظخد‬٤ُ‫ إ طؤ‬.‫ رخُطزغ‬,ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬,‫هخثال‬
‫ق‬٤ُ‫ّ رظؤ‬ٞ‫ش إٔ أه‬٤ٗ ١‫ُي‬
ّ ٌٖ‫ ُْ ط‬,‫رخَُؿْ ٖٓ ًُي‬ٝ ".‫ "ٓؼٌٔخ كن‬,‫ٔخ‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬.‫ي ٖٓ حٌُظذ‬٣‫ق حُؼي‬٤ُ‫خ هخّ رظؤ‬٤‫شوظ‬
ْ‫ حَُؿ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬, ُ‫ػيص‬ٝ ‫ق ًظخد ًٔخ‬٤ُ‫ّ رظؤ‬ٞ‫ٕ أه‬٥‫ أٗخ ح‬ٞٛ ‫خ‬ٜ‫ ك‬.‫ش‬٣‫ِش ُِـخ‬٤‫ٖ إٔ ٓؼَكظ٘خ رخُٔٔظوزَ ػج‬٤‫ز‬٣ ‫ٌح‬ٛٝ ,‫ًظخد كوخ‬
‫ش‬٣‫غ ػٖ ريح‬٣‫ إٔ أريأ رخُلي‬٢ُ ‫ح‬ٞ‫ٌُٖ حٓٔل‬ٝ .‫ ٓ٘طوش حألُذ‬٢‫ش ك‬٤‫ رخُٔشٌالص حالؿظٔخػ‬ُٚ ‫ٌح حٌُظخد ال ػالهش‬ٛ ٕ‫أ‬
.‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٠ُ‫ ا‬٢‫ٍكِظ‬

My Uncle William always said that no man should ever pass through Paris without
spending twenty-four hours in the city, so I took his advice and booked a night at The
Continental Hotel. As soon as I had checked in, I called on some old friends that I
knew in the French capital: George Featherly, who worked at the embassy, and
Bertram Bertrand, who was now a famous journalist in the city. That evening, we all
ate in a restaurant and they told me all about the latest exciting events in Paris.

ٖ٣َ‫ػش‬ٝ ‫خ أٍرغ‬ٜ‫ ر‬٢‫وؼ‬٣ ٕ‫ٕ أ‬ٝ‫ْ ى‬٣ٍ‫ رخ‬٠ِ‫َٔ ػ‬٣ ٕ‫ شوض أ‬١‫ أ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬٢‫٘زـ‬٣ ‫ ال‬ٚٗ‫ٍ ىحثٔخ أ‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ّ‫خ‬٤ِ٣ٝ ٢ٔ‫ًخٕ ػ‬
٠ٓ‫ حُويح‬٢‫ ٍُص رؼغ أطيهخث‬,‫ ُِل٘يم‬٢ُٞ‫ط‬ٝ ‫ رٔـَى‬.ٍ‫٘٘ظخ‬٤‫ٗظ‬ًٞ ‫ ك٘يم‬٢‫ِش ك‬٤ُ ُ‫كـِص‬ٝ ٚ‫لظ‬٤‫ ٌُُي ػِٔضُ ر٘ظ‬,‫ٓخػش‬
ٕ٥‫ ًخٕ ح‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬,‫رَطَحّ رَطَحٗي‬ٝ ,‫ؼَٔ رخُٔلخٍس‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬,٢ٌٍُ٤‫ٍؽ ك‬ٞ‫ٔخ ؿ‬ٛٝ ‫ش‬٤َٔٗ‫ حُؼخطٔش حُل‬٢‫ْ ك‬ٜ‫ٖ أػَك‬٣ٌُ‫ح‬
‫هؼض‬ٝ ٢‫َس حُظ‬٤‫ رٌَ حألكيحع حُٔؼ‬٢َٗٝ‫أهز‬ٝ ,ْ‫ أكي حُٔطخػ‬٢‫ُ٘خ حُطؼخّ ك‬ٝ‫ ط٘خ‬,‫ ًُي حُٔٔخء‬.ْ٣ٍ‫ رخ‬٢‫َح ك‬٤ٜ‫خ ش‬٤‫طلل‬
.ْ٣ٍ‫ رخ‬٢‫ٓئهَح ك‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 3 Mohamed Morsi

"We've had quite a few important people visiting the city recently," said Bertram.
"Anyone I'd know?" I asked. "Well, I met Antoinette du Mauban today," Bertram
replied. "You've probably heard of her. She's a lady who's well known for her wealth
and ambition. But she's leaving Paris today, we don't know where she's going to
next." "So why did she come to Paris?" I asked. "She was a guest of the Duke of
Strelsau," said George. "I met him at the embassy yesterday. He's the half-brother to
the King of Ruritania. People say he was his father's favourite son. He's gone back
for the coronation, although I don't think he'll enjoy it very much because he
probably wishes he were the king. I don't think he likes being only a Duke." "I hear
he's a clever man, though," said Bertram. "He's extremely clever, I'd say," agreed
George.

".‫ْ ٓئهَح‬٣ٍ‫خٍس رخ‬٣ِ‫ح ر‬ٞٓ‫ٖ هخ‬٣ٌُ‫َ ح‬٤ٛ‫َ ؿيح ٖٓ حُٔشخ‬٤ِ‫٘خى حُو‬ٛ ٕ‫ "ُوي ًخ‬,ّ‫هخٍ رَطَح‬
‫ٕ هي‬ٌٞ‫ ٍرٔخ ط‬,ّٞ٤ُ‫رخٕ ح‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ أٗخ هخرِضُ أٗط‬,‫ "كٔ٘خ‬,ّ‫؟" كؤؿخد رَطَح‬ٚ‫ شوض أػَك‬١‫ْ أ‬ٜ٘٤‫َ ر‬ٛ" ,ٚ‫كٔؤُظ‬
ٌٕٞ‫ٖ ٓظ‬٣‫ أ‬٠ُ‫ال ٗؼَف ا‬ٝ ّٞ٤ُ‫ْ ح‬٣ٍ‫ف طـخىٍ رخ‬ٞٓ ‫خ‬ٌُٜ٘ٝ ,‫خ‬ٜ‫ططِؼخط‬ٝ ‫خ‬ٜ‫ط‬َٝ‫َ رؼ‬ٜ‫ِش طشظ‬٤‫يس ٗز‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬ٜٗ‫ ا‬.‫خ‬ٜ٘‫ٓٔؼضُ ػ‬
ٚ‫ أٗخ هخرِظ‬.ِٞٔ٣َ‫م ٓظ‬ٝ‫لش ػ٘ي ى‬٤‫ "ًخٗض ػ‬,‫ٍؽ‬ٞ‫ْ؟" كوخٍ ؿ‬٣ٍ‫ رخ‬٠ُ‫ُٔخًح ؿخءص ا‬ٝ" ,ٚ‫" كٔؤُظ‬.‫خ حُوخىٓش‬ٜ‫ظ‬ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ
‫ُوي ػخى‬ٝ .ٚ٤‫ أر‬ٟ‫ ًخٕ حالرٖ حُٔلؼَ ُي‬ٚٗ‫ٍ حُ٘خّ أ‬ٞ‫و‬٣ .‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ن ُِٔي‬٤‫َ حُشو‬٤‫ حألم ؿ‬ٚٗ‫ ا‬.ْٓ‫ حُٔلخٍس رخأل‬٢‫ك‬
‫ أٗخ ال أػظوي‬.‫ حُِٔي‬ٞٛ ٚٗ‫ أ‬ُٞ ‫ ّى‬ٞ٣ ٚٗ‫ حُٔ٘خٓزش أل‬ٌٜٙ‫ٕ ٓٔظٔظؼخ ر‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ٚٗ‫ ال أػظوي أ‬٢٘ٗ‫ؾ رخَُؿْ أ‬٣ٞ‫ٍ كلَ حُظظ‬ٞ‫ُلؼ‬
‫ "أطلن‬,‫ٍؽ هخثال‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬ٚ‫حكو‬ٞ‫" ك‬.َٛ‫ ٍؿَ ٓخ‬ٚٗ‫ٍؿْ ًُي أٗخ ٓٔؼض أ‬ٝ" ,ّ‫هخٍ رَطَح‬ٝ ".‫م‬ٝ‫ٕ ٓـَى ى‬ٌٞ٣ ٕ‫لذ أ‬٣ ٚٗ‫أ‬
".‫ش‬٣‫َ ُِـخ‬ٛ‫ ٓخ‬ٚٗ‫ٓؼي طٔخٓخ أ‬

The next day, George came with me to the station and I bought a ticket to my next
stop, Dresden. I did not tell him that I was going to Ruritania. If I had, the news
would have gone immediately to Bertram and then it would have been in all the
newspapers within days.

٢٘ٗ‫ٍؽ أ‬ٞ‫ ُْ أهزَ ؿ‬.ٕ‫ِى‬٣ٍ‫٘ش ى‬٣‫ش ٓي‬٤ُ‫ حُظخ‬٢‫ ٓلطظ‬٠ُ‫ض طًٌَس ا‬٣َ‫حشظ‬ٝ ‫ حُٔلطش‬٠ُ‫ ا‬٢‫ٍؽ ٓؼ‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬٠‫ أط‬,٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ك‬
٢‫ ًَ حُظلق ك‬٠ُ‫ٖٓ ػْ الٗظوَ ا‬ٝ ّ‫ رَطَح‬٠ُ‫ٍ ا‬ٞ‫ حُل‬٠ِ‫ كؼِضُ ًُي الٗظوَ حُوزَ ػ‬ُٞ ٢٘ٗ‫ أل‬,‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٠ُ‫زخ ا‬ٛ‫ً٘ض ًح‬
.ّ‫خ‬٣‫ٕ أ‬ٞ‫ؿؼ‬

Just as I was about to get on the train, George suddenly smiled and walked away to
talk to a beautiful, tall and fashionably dressed woman of about thirty who was
standing at the ticket office with two younger women. I thought these must be her
servants. "You have an important person to travel with," George told me when he
returned a few minutes later. "That's Antoinette du Mauban and she's also going to
Dresden."

ْ‫ ٓالر‬١‫ِش حُوخٓش طَطي‬٣ٞ‫ؽ‬ٝ ‫ِش‬٤ٔ‫ظليع ٓغ حَٓأس ؿ‬٤ُ ‫ذ‬ًٛٝ ‫ٍؽ كـؤس‬ٞ‫ حرظْٔ ؿ‬,ٍ‫د حُوطخ‬ًٍٞ ‫شي‬ٝ ٠ِ‫٘ٔخ ً٘ض ػ‬٤‫ر‬
٢‫ ًخٗظخ ك‬,ٖ٤‫ٖ شخرظ‬٤‫غ حُظٌحًَ ٓغ حَٓأط‬٤‫ ًخٗض طوق ػ٘ي ٌٓظذ ر‬٢‫حُظ‬ٝ ,‫ٖ ػخٓخ‬٤‫ ػالػ‬٢ُ‫ح‬ٞ‫ش طزِؾ ٖٓ حُؼَٔ ك‬٣َ‫ػظ‬
‫خ‬ٜٗ‫ ا‬.‫هش‬َُٞٓٔ‫خص ح‬٤‫ حُشوظ‬ٟ‫ "اٗي ٓظٔخكَ ٓغ اكي‬,٢ُ ٍ‫ِش هخ‬٤ِ‫ٍؽ رؼي ىهخثن ه‬ٞ‫ ػ٘يٓخ ػخى ؿ‬.‫خ‬ُٜ ٖ٤‫ هخىٓظ‬١َ٣‫طوي‬
".ٕ‫ِى‬٣ٍ‫ ى‬٠ُ‫ش ا‬ٜ‫ؼخ ٓظـ‬٣‫ أ‬٢ٛٝ ٕ‫رخ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫أٗط‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 4 Mohamed Morsi

Paris was soon behind me. It was a long and boring journey and I wondered if I
would see Antoinette du Mauban in the dining car when I ate in the train that
evening, or perhaps at breakfast the next morning. However, I did not see the lady
again until the following day, when both she and I got on the next train from Dresden
to Ruritania. She was further up the train, however, and did not see me.
ّ‫ ػَرش حُطؼخ‬٢‫رخٕ ك‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ أٗط‬ٍٟ‫طٔخءُض اًح ً٘ض ٓؤ‬ٝ ‫ِٓٔش‬ٝ ‫ِش‬٣ٞ‫ ًخٗض حَُكِش ؽ‬.‫ْ هِل٘خ‬٣ٍ‫ طًَ٘خ رخ‬,‫ؼ خ‬٣َٓ
‫يس‬٤ُٔ‫ٓغ ًُي ُْ أٍ ح‬ٝ .٢ُ‫ حُظزخف حُظخ‬٢‫هض حإلكطخٍ ك‬ٝ ‫خ‬ٛ‫ ٍرٔخ أٍح‬ٝ‫ أ‬,‫ حُوطخٍ ًُي حُٔٔخء‬٢‫ ك‬٢ٓ‫ٍ ؽؼخ‬ٝ‫ػ٘يٓخ أط٘خ‬
٢٘‫خ ًخٗض طزؼي ػ‬ٌُٜ٘ٝ .‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٠ُ‫ِىٕ ا‬٣ٍ‫ ٖٓ ى‬ٚ‫ حُوطخٍ حُٔظـ‬٠ُ‫ ػ٘يٓخ طؼي ًالٗخ ا‬٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٠‫ كظ‬َٟ‫َٓس أه‬
.٢ٗ‫ حُوطخٍ كِْ طَح‬٢‫رٔٔخكش ك‬
A few hours later, the train arrived at the Ruritanian border where we stopped so the
guards could check our passports. I was surprised when the guards stared at me and
my passport for some time before letting me into the country. Once in Ruritania, I
bought a newspaper and read that the King's coronation was to be in two days' time,
which was much earlier than I had thought. The newspaper described the excitement
in the country and in particular the capital city, Strelsau, where it said all the hotels
were full with people who wanted to see the event.

‫شضُ ػ٘يٓخ‬ٛ‫ حٗي‬.‫حُحص ٓلَٗخ‬ٞ‫للض حُلَحّ ؿ‬٣ ٢ٌُ ‫هل٘خ‬ٞ‫غ ط‬٤‫خ ك‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ى‬ٝ‫ كي‬٠ُ‫طَ حُوطخٍ ا‬ٝ ,‫ِش‬٤ِ‫رؼي ٓخػخص ه‬
,‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ُ‫ رٔـَى إٔ ىهِض‬.‫ٍ حُزِي‬ٞ‫ ريه‬٢ُ ‫ح‬ٞ‫ٔٔل‬٣ ٕ‫هض هزَ أ‬ُٞ‫ ُزؼغ ح‬١َ‫حُ ٓل‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬٢‫ك‬ٝ ٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٢‫كيّم حُلَحّ ك‬
‫ض ًخٕ ٓزٌَح ؿيح ػ ّٔخ ً٘ض‬٤‫ه‬ٞ‫ٌح حُظ‬ٛ .ٖ٤ٓٞ٣ ٍ‫ هال‬٢‫ظْ ك‬٤ٓ ٕ‫ؾ حُِٔي ًخ‬٣ٞ‫خ إٔ كلَ طظ‬ٜ٤‫هَأص ك‬ٝ ‫يس‬٣َ‫ض ؿ‬٣َ‫حشظ‬
ًَ ٕ‫يس أ‬٣َ‫غ هخُض حُـ‬٤‫ ك‬,ِٞٔ٣َ‫ حُؼخطٔش ٓظ‬٢‫ّٔخ ك‬٤ٓ ‫ُش ال‬ٝ‫ حُي‬٢‫ىس ك‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ُٞٔ‫يس كخُش حإلػخٍس ح‬٣َ‫طلض حُـ‬ٝ .‫أػظوي‬
.‫ حُٔ٘خٓزش‬ٌٙٛ ‫يس‬ٛ‫ٕ ٓشخ‬ٝ‫ي‬٣َ٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫ٖ ًخ‬٣ٌُ‫حُل٘خىم ًخٗض طٔظِت رخألشوخص ح‬

On reading this, I decided it would be best to stop at Zenda, a small town eighty
kilometres from the capital, and about ten kilometres from the border. Here I could
walk in the hills and see the town's famous castle, then I could take the train for the
day to Srelsau to see the coronation. As I got off the train at Zenda, I saw Antoinette
du Mauban, who remained on the train for its journey to the capital, but she did not
look at me.

,‫ٓظَح ػٖ حُؼخطٔش‬ِٞ٤ً ٖ٤ٗ‫َس طزؼي ػٔخ‬٤‫٘ش طـ‬٣‫ ٓي‬٢ٛٝ ,‫ ُٗيح‬٢‫هق ك‬ٞ‫ ٖٓ حألكؼَ إٔ أط‬ٚٗ‫ هٍَصُ أ‬,‫ػ٘يٓخ هَأصُ ًُي‬
,‫٘ش‬٣‫َس رخُٔي‬٤ٜ‫ي حُوِؼش حُش‬ٛ‫أشخ‬ٝ ٍ‫ حُظال‬٢‫ ك‬٠‫غ إٔ أطٔش‬٤‫٘ش أٓظط‬٣‫ حُٔي‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ ك‬.‫ى‬ٝ‫ٓظَحص ػٖ حُلي‬ِٞ٤ً َ‫ ػش‬٢ُ‫ح‬ٞ‫ك‬ٝ
ُ‫ض‬٣‫ ٍأ‬,‫ ُٗيح‬٢‫زؾ ٖٓ حُوطخٍ ك‬ٛ‫٘ٔخ ً٘ض أ‬٤‫ ر‬.‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ي كلَ حُظظ‬ٛ‫ ألشخ‬ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ّ ا‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ًحص ح‬٢‫أًٍذ حُوطخٍ ك‬ ُ ْ‫ػ‬
.٢ُ‫ا‬ ّ
ّ َ‫خ ُْ ط٘ظ‬ٌُٜ٘ٝ ,‫ حُؼخطٔش‬٠ُ‫حطَ حَُكِش ا‬ٞ‫ حُوطخٍ ُظ‬٢‫ ظِض ك‬٢‫رخٕ حُظ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫أٗط‬

I was welcomed at the inn in Zenda by an old woman who ran it with her two
daughters. She said she was not very interested in what happened in the capital, but
she loved the Duke of Strelsau, who she called Duke Michael. He was the man who
was responsible for the land around Zenda and its castle. In fact, the hotel owner said
she wished the Duke was the new King and not his brother.

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 5 Mohamed Morsi

٢‫ليع ك‬٣ ‫ظٔش رٔخ‬ٜٓ ٌٖ‫خ ُْ ط‬ٜٗ‫ أ‬٢ُ ‫ هخُض‬.‫خ‬ٜ٤‫ ٓغ حر٘ظ‬َٙ٣‫ ًخٗض طي‬٢‫ُ حُظ‬ٞ‫ حَٓأس ػـ‬٢‫ل‬٣َُ‫ حُل٘يم ح‬٢‫ ك‬٢‫ٍ ّكزض ر‬
‫ٍ ػٖ حألٍع‬ٞ‫ ًخٕ حَُؿَ حُٔٔج‬ٚٗ‫ ا‬.ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ حُي‬ٚ٤ِ‫ ًخٗض ططِن ػ‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬ِٞٔ٣َ‫م ٓظ‬ٝ‫خ ًخٗض طلذ ى‬ٌُٜ٘ٝ ‫حُؼخطٔش‬
ْ٤ُٝ ‫ي‬٣‫ حُِٔي حُـي‬ٞٛ ٕ‫م ًخ‬ٝ‫ إٔ حُي‬ُٞ ٠٘ٔ‫ ًخٗض طخكزش حُل٘يم طظ‬,‫وش‬٤‫ حُلو‬٢‫ ك‬.‫خ‬ٜ‫ىس ر‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ُٞٔ‫حُوِؼش ح‬ٝ ‫ىحهَ ُٗيح‬
.ٚ٤‫أه‬
"We all know Duke Michael," she explained. "He's always lived in Ruritania and he
cares about the people, so people like him. As for the King, well, he's almost a
stranger. He's been abroad for most of his life and not many people even know what
he looks like. Now the King's staying in a hunting lodge in the forest, very near to
Zenda. From there he'll travel to the capital for his coronation."

‫ٌُُي‬ٝ ,‫خ‬ٜ‫ظْ رؤَٓ شؼز‬ٜ٣ٝ ‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٢‫ش ك‬٤‫ؼ‬٣ ‫ ًخٕ ىحثٔخ‬ٜٞ‫ ك‬,ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ؼخ ٗؼَف حُي‬٤ٔ‫ "ٗلٖ ؿ‬,‫شَكض حَُٔأس هخثِش‬
ٖٓ َ٤‫ هخٍؽ حُزالى ًٔخ إٔ حٌُؼ‬ٚ‫خط‬٤‫ ٓؼظْ ك‬٠‫ كوي هؼ‬.‫ذ ػ٘خ‬٣َ‫ؿ‬
ٌ ‫زخ‬٣َ‫ طو‬ٚٗ‫ ا‬,‫ كٔ٘خ‬,‫ أٓخ رخُ٘ٔزش ُِِٔي‬.ّ‫ حُ٘خ‬ٚ‫لز‬٣
,‫ذ ؿيح ٖٓ ُٗيح‬٣َ‫ ه‬ٞٛٝ ,‫ حُـخرش‬٢‫ي ك‬٤‫ ػ٘ي حُظ‬ٚٓ‫ٔظوي‬٣ ‫م‬ًٞ ٢‫ْ ك‬٤‫و‬٣ ‫ٕ حُِٔي‬٥‫ ح‬.ٌِٚ‫ ش‬٠‫ٕ كظ‬ٞ‫ؼَك‬٣ ‫حُ٘خّ ال‬
".ٚ‫ـ‬٣ٞ‫ حُؼخطٔش ٖٓ أؿَ طظ‬٠ُ‫٘خى ا‬ٛ ٖٓ َ‫ٔخك‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓٝ

I was interested to hear this, and decided I would walk in the forest the next day so
that I might see him. "I wish he'd stay there in the forest," continued the woman.
"People say he only likes hunting and good food. He should let the Duke become our
King. And there are many others who think the same." "Well I don't like Duke
Michael," said her older daughter. "They say the King has red hair just like you!"
"Many men have red hair like me," I laughed. "How do you know the King has red
hair?" The old woman asked her daughter. "Johann, the Duke's servant, told me,"
she explained. "He's seen the King at the hunting lodge."

ُٞ ٠٘ٔ‫ "أط‬,‫خ هخثِش‬ٜٓ‫حطِض حَُٔأس ًال‬ٝ .ٙ‫ أٍح‬٢ِّ‫ ُؼ‬٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ حُـخرش ك‬٢‫ ك‬٢‫هٍَصُ إٔ أٓش‬ٝ ‫ظٔخ ُٔٔخع ًُي‬ٜٓ ‫ً٘ض‬
‫ظزق‬٣ ٕ‫م أ‬ٝ‫ٔٔق ُِي‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ٚ٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ .‫ي‬٤‫حُطؼخّ حُـ‬ٝ ‫ي‬٤‫لذ كوؾ حُظ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ٕ أ‬ُٞٞ‫و‬٣ ّ‫ حُ٘خ‬.‫ حُـخرش‬٢‫٘خى ك‬ٛ ٠‫زو‬٣ ٚٗ‫أ‬
‫م‬ٝ‫ أٗخ ال أكذ حُي‬,‫ "كٔ٘خ‬,َٟ‫خ حٌُز‬ٜ‫" كوخُض حر٘ظ‬.١‫ْ ٗلْ حَُأ‬ٜ٣‫ٖ ُي‬٣ٌُ‫َ ٖٓ حُ٘خّ ح‬٤‫٘خى حٌُؼ‬ٛٝ ,‫ي‬٣‫ٌِٓ٘خ حُـي‬
".٢ِ‫ْ شؼَ أكَٔ ٓؼ‬ٜ٣‫َ ٖٓ حَُؿخٍ ُي‬٤‫ "حٌُؼ‬,‫" كوِض ػخكٌخ‬.‫ شؼَ أكَٔ ٓؼِي طٔخٓخ‬ُٚ ‫ٕ إٔ حُِٔي‬ُٞٞ‫و‬٣ ْٜٗ‫ ا‬.ٌَ٣‫ٓخ‬
ّ‫ هخى‬,ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫ رٌُي ؿ‬٢َٗ‫ "أهز‬,‫خ حالر٘ش‬ُٜ ‫ أكَٔ؟" كشَكض‬َٙ‫ض إٔ حُِٔي شؼ‬ ِ ِٔ‫ق ػ‬٤ً" ,‫خ‬ٜ‫ُ حر٘ظ‬ٞ‫ٓؤُض حَُٔأس حُؼـ‬
".‫ي‬٤‫م حُظ‬ًٞ ‫ي حُِٔي ػ٘ي‬ٛ‫ كوي شخ‬,‫م‬ٝ‫حُي‬

"But why's the King here, if it's the Duke's land?" I asked. "The Duke invited him,
sir," explained the old lady. "The Duke's in Strelsau, preparing for the coronation."
"So they are good friends?" "I don't know if you can be good friends if you want the
same thing." "What do you mean?" "Duke Michael would like to be King, too, I'm
sure." "Well!," I said "I feel quite sorry for the Duke, but it's right that the older
brother becomes king."

‫م‬ٝ‫ "ُوي هخّ حُي‬,ُٞ‫يس حُؼـ‬٤ُٔ‫م؟" كشَكض ح‬ٝ‫ أٍع حُي‬٢ٛ ٌٙٛ ‫٘خ اًح ًخٗض‬ٛ ‫حؿي حُِٔي‬ٞ‫ظ‬٣ ‫ "ُٔخًح‬,‫ٔخ هخثال‬ٜ‫ٓؤُظ‬
‫وخٕ اًح؟" كَىّص‬٣‫ٔخ طي‬ٛ" , ُ‫" كوِض‬.‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ّ رخإلػيحى ُللَ حُظظ‬ٞ‫و‬٤ُ ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫ى ك‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ٞٓ ‫م‬ٝ‫ حُي‬.١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ٚ‫ط‬ٞ‫ريػ‬
"‫ٖ؟‬٣‫ "ٓخًح طوظي‬,‫خ‬ُٜ ‫" هِض‬.‫ت‬٤‫يحٕ ٗلْ حُش‬٣َ‫ٖ اًح ً٘ظٔخ ط‬٤‫و‬٣‫ٗخ طي‬ٌٞ‫ "ال أػَف اًح ًخٕ ٖٓ حٌُٖٔٔ إٔ ط‬,ُٞ‫حُؼـ‬
,‫م‬ٝ‫ حُي‬٠ِ‫ أٗخ أشؼَ رخُلِٕ طٔخٓخ ػ‬,‫ "كٔ٘خ‬, ُ‫" كوِض‬.‫ؼخ‬٣‫ٕ حُِٔي أ‬ٌٞ٣ ٕ‫ ّى أ‬ٞ٣ ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫حػوش إٔ حُي‬ٝ ‫ "أٗخ‬,‫كوخُض‬
".‫ حُِٔي‬ٞٛ ‫ظزق‬٣ ٕ‫ٌُٖ ٖٓ كن حألم حألًزَ أ‬ٝ
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 6 Mohamed Morsi
"Who's talking of the Duke?" said a deep voice from outside the door.
"We have a guest, Johann," called the old lady, as a man entered the room. When he
saw me, he took off his hat and stepped back in surprise, as though he had seen
something amazing. "What's the matter, Johann?" asked the old lady. "This
gentleman's come to our country to see the coronation." "It's the red hair," said one
of the daughters. "We don't often see it in our country unless you're part of the
King's family, the Elphbergs. Many of them have red hair."

,‫ُ ػ٘يٓخ ىهَ ٍؿ ٌَ حُلـَس‬ٞ‫يس حُؼـ‬٤ُٔ‫م؟" كوخُض ح‬ٝ‫ظليع ػٖ حُي‬٣ ١ٌُ‫ "ٖٓ ح‬,‫َ ٖٓ هخٍؽ حُزخد‬٤ٜ‫ص ؿ‬ٞ‫هخٍ ط‬
‫جخ‬٤‫ ش‬ٟ‫ ٍأ‬ٚٗ‫ أ‬ُٞ ‫شخ ًٔخ‬ٛ‫س ُِوِق ٓ٘ي‬ٞ‫طَحؿغ هط‬ٝ ٚ‫ هِغ هزؼظ‬,َ‫ حَُؿ‬٢ٗ‫" ػ٘يٓخ ٍخ‬.ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫خ ؿ‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞ٤‫"ػ٘يٗخ أكي حُؼ‬
‫" كوخُض‬.‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ي كلَ حُظظ‬ٛ‫شخ‬٤ُ ‫ رِيٗخ‬٠ُ‫َ ا‬٤‫ي حُ٘ز‬٤ُٔ‫ٌح ح‬ٛ َ‫خٕ؟ ُوي كؼ‬ٛٞ‫خ ؿ‬٣ ‫ "ٓخًح ري‬,ُٞ‫يس حُؼـ‬٤ُٔ‫ ح‬ٚ‫ كٔؤُظ‬.‫ال‬ٌٛٓ
‫ رِيٗخ اال اًح ً٘ض ؿِءح ٖٓ ػخثِش‬٢‫َح ك‬٤‫ حُشؼَ حألكَٔ ًؼ‬َٟٗ ‫ ٗلٖ ال‬.َٔ‫ش ٖٓ حُشؼَ حألك‬ٛ‫ ٓ٘ي‬ٚٗ‫ "ا‬,‫خ‬ٜ٤‫ ر٘خط‬ٟ‫اكي‬
".َٔ‫ أك‬َٙ‫ْ شؼ‬ٜ٘ٓ َ٤‫ حٌُؼ‬.‫ ػخثِش اُلزَؽ‬,‫حُِٔي‬

The man continued to stare at me, but said, "Good evening, sir. I'm sorry, I didn't
expect to see any new guests here." "Don't worry," I said. "It's late and time I went
to bed. I wish you all a good night. Thank you, ladies, for our conversation." I stood
up to go to my room, when Johann suddenly said, "Sir, have you ever seen our
King?""No, I've never seen him, but I hope to do so on Wednesday at the
coronation." Johann said no more, but I felt his eyes on me as I walked up the stairs.

‫ف ؿيى‬ٞ٤‫ ػ‬١‫ أ‬ٍٟ‫هغ إٔ أ‬ٞ‫ كِْ أًٖ أط‬,‫ أٗخ خٓق‬.١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ َ٤‫ "ٓٔخء حُو‬,ٍ‫ هخ‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ,٢‫ن ك‬٣‫ حُظلي‬٢‫حٓظَٔ حَُؿَ ك‬
".‫ ٓلخىػظ٘خ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬٢‫يحط‬٤ٓ ٌُْ ‫ شٌَح‬.‫ؼخ‬٤ٔ‫ِظٌْ ؿ‬٤ُ ‫ ؽخرض‬.٢ٓٞٗ ‫ػي‬ٞٓ ٕ‫كخ‬ٝ َ‫هض طؤه‬ُٞ‫ ح‬.‫ي‬٤ِ‫ "ال ػ‬,ُٚ ‫" كوِض‬.‫٘خ‬ٛ
٢ُ ‫ٔزن‬٣ ُْ ,‫ "ال‬,ُٚ ‫ش ٌِٓ٘خ؟" كوِض‬٣‫َ ٓزن ُي ٍإ‬ٛ ,١‫ي‬٤ٓ" ,‫خٕ كـؤس‬ٛٞ‫ ػ٘يٓخ هخٍ ؿ‬٢‫ ؿَكظ‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ًٛ‫ أ‬٢ٌُ ‫هلض‬ٝ
ٚٗ‫ شؼَص أ‬٢ٌُ٘ٝ ,َ‫ت خه‬٤‫ ش‬١‫خٕ أ‬ٛٞ‫وَُ ؿ‬٣ ُْ ".‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ كلَ حُظظ‬٢‫ّ حألٍرؼخء ك‬ٞ٣ ‫ خَٓ إٔ أكؼَ ًُي‬٢ٌُ٘ٝ ,‫ ٓطِوخ‬ٚ‫ظ‬٣‫ٍإ‬
.ُِّْٔ‫٘ٔخ ً٘ضُ أطؼ ُي ىٍؿخص ح‬٤‫ ر‬َٙ‫ رزظ‬٢‫لِٔن ك‬٣

The next morning, Johann seemed much more relaxed. When he heard that I was
going to Strelsau, he said I could stay at his sister's house. She was married to a
wealthy trader and she had invited him to stay with them for the coronation, but he
was unable to go. I was very happy to have this opportunity and accepted his offer,
so he said he would contact his sister at once and tell her to expect me that day.

ٍِ٘ٓ ٢‫ْ ك‬٤‫ إٔ أه‬٢ٗ‫ هخٍ إٔ ربٌٓخ‬ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ٛ‫ ًح‬٢٘ٗ‫ ػ٘يٓخ ػِْ أ‬.َ٤‫طَح رٌؼ‬ٞ‫خٕ أهَ ط‬ٛٞ‫ ريح ؿ‬,٢ُ‫ حُظزخف حُظخ‬٢‫ك‬
ٖٓ ٌٖٔ‫ظ‬٣ ُْ ٌُٚ٘ ,‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ٍ حُظظ‬ٞ‫ٔخ ُلؼ‬ٜ‫خٕ ُِزوخء ٓؼ‬ٛٞ‫ىػض ؿ‬ٝ ‫خء‬٣َ‫ؿش ٖٓ أكي حُظـخٍ حألػ‬ِٝ‫ ًخٗض ٓظ‬٢‫ حُظ‬ٚ‫وظ‬٤‫شو‬
‫طِذ‬٣ٝ ٍٞ‫ حُل‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٚ‫وظ‬٤‫ظظَ رشو‬٤ٓ ٚٗ‫خٕ أ‬ٛٞ‫ ؿ‬٢ُ ٍ‫ هخ‬.‫هزِضُ ًُي حُؼَع‬ٝ ‫ حُلَطش‬ٌٜٙ‫ش ر‬٣‫يح ُِـخ‬٤‫ ً٘ضُ ٓؼ‬.‫خد‬ٌُٛ‫ح‬
.ّٞ٤ُ‫ ًُي ح‬٢‫ ك‬٢َٗ‫خ إٔ ط٘ظظ‬ٜ٘ٓ

I decided, however, that I still wanted to see the forest where the King was staying,
so first I planned to walk for sixteen kilometres through the forest to the next station
along the line, where I could catch a train to the capital. I did not tell Johann about
this plan, as I did not think it would be important if I arrived at his sister's later in
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 7 Mohamed Morsi
the day. So I sent my luggage on to the station and said goodbye to the old lady and
her daughters, and set off up the hill towards the castle. After that, it was a short
walk to get into the forest.

٢‫ش إٔ أٓش‬٣‫ حُزيح‬٢‫ ٌُُي هططضُ ك‬,‫خ حُِٔي‬ٜ٤‫ْ ك‬٤‫و‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬٢‫يس حُـخرش حُظ‬ٛ‫ ٓشخ‬٢‫ ٓخُُض أٍؿذ ك‬٢٘ٗ‫ هٍَص أ‬,‫ٍؿْ ًُي‬
٠ُ‫ إٔ أًٍذ هطخٍح ا‬٢ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ ‫غ‬٤‫ش ك‬٤ُ‫ حُٔلطش حُظخ‬٠‫ن كظ‬٣َ‫ٍ حُط‬ٞ‫ ؽ‬٠ِ‫ٓظَح ػ‬ِٞ٤ً َ‫ػزَ حُـخرش ُٔٔخكش ٓظش ػش‬
‫جخ ًح‬٤‫ّ ش‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ٓظؤهَح ًُي ح‬ٚ‫وظ‬٤‫ ٍِٓ٘ شو‬٠ُ‫ ا‬٢ُٞ‫ط‬ٝ ٕ‫ ُْ أًٖ أػظوي أ‬٢٘ٗ‫ذ أل‬٤‫ٌح حُظَط‬ٜ‫خٕ ر‬ٛٞ‫ ُْ أهزَ ؿ‬.‫حُؼخطٔش‬
ٙ‫ حُظَ رخطـخ‬٠ُ‫ىح ا‬ٞ‫خ ػْ ريأصُ حَُكِش طؼ‬ٜ٤‫حر٘ظ‬ٝ ُٞ‫يس حُؼـ‬٤ُٔ‫ىػضُ ح‬ٝٝ ‫ حُٔلطش‬٠ُ‫ ا‬٢‫ أٍِٓضُ كوخثز‬,‫ ٌُُي‬.‫ش‬٤ٔٛ‫أ‬
.‫ أىهَ حُـخرش‬٠‫ حألهيحّ كظ‬٠ِ‫َح ػ‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬ٜ‫َس أهطؼ‬٤‫٘خى ٓٔخكش هظ‬ٛ ‫ ًخٗض‬,‫ رؼي ًُي‬.‫حُوِؼش‬

Half an hour later, I reached the castle. It was very old but well built, with a moat all
around it. Behind it was a large modern mansion, which was used by the Duke of
Strelsau as his country home. The mansion was reached by a wide road, but the old
castle could only be reached by a drawbridge between it and the mansion. I was
pleased to see that the Duke had such a well-defended house, even if he were not to
become King.
ًَ ٖٓ ٢‫خ ه٘يم ٓخث‬ٜ‫ط‬٤‫ل‬٣ٝ ,‫٘خ‬٤‫خ ٓظ‬ٛ‫ٌُٖ ًخٕ ر٘خإ‬ٝ ‫ٔش ؿيح‬٣‫ ًخٗض هي‬.‫ حُوِؼش‬٠ُ‫طِضُ ا‬ٝ ,‫رؼي ًُي ر٘ظق ٓخػش‬
ٍٞ‫ط‬ُٞ‫ظْ ح‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.٢‫ل‬٣َُ‫ ح‬ًُِٚ٘ٔ ِٞٔ٣َ‫م ٓظ‬ٝ‫ ى‬ٚٓ‫ٔظوي‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ح‬ٝ ‫غ‬٣‫٘خى هظَ كي‬ٛ ٕ‫ هِق حُوِؼش ًخ‬.‫حٗذ‬ٞ‫حُـ‬
‫َرؾ‬٣ ‫ن ؿَٔ ٓظلَى‬٣َ‫ٔش كوؾ ػٖ ؽ‬٣‫ حُوِؼش حُوي‬٠ُ‫ٍ ا‬ٞ‫ط‬ُٞ‫ٌٖٔ ح‬٣ ٕ‫ٌُٖ ًخ‬ٝ ,‫غ‬٣َ‫ن ػ‬٣َ‫حٓطش ؽ‬ٞ‫ حُوظَ ر‬٠ُ‫ا‬
‫ظزق‬٣ ُٖ ٚٗ‫ حَُؿْ أ‬٠ِ‫ٖ ػ‬٤‫ي حُظلظ‬٤‫ٌح حٍُِٔ٘ ؿ‬ٛ َ‫ٔظِي ٓؼ‬٣ ‫م‬ٝ‫ضُ إٔ حُي‬٣‫يح ػ٘يٓخ ٍأ‬٤‫ ً٘ضُ ٓؼ‬.َ‫حُوظ‬ٝ ‫ٖ حُوِؼش‬٤‫ر‬
.‫حُِٔي‬
Soon I reached the dark forest and I walked for about an hour, pleased that the tall
trees gave me cool shade: not much sun reached the ground through the many
leaves. It was a beautiful place and after a time I decided to rest by lying against one
of the enormous trees. It was so quiet and peaceful in the forest that I soon fell into a
deep sleep, forgetting all about the train I should have caught to Strelsau and my
luggage that would be waiting at the station. I was just dreaming about living in the
Castle of Zenda when a voice woke me: "Why, look at at him! It's amazing! He
looks just like the King!"

٢٘‫ش ًخٗض طٔ٘ل‬٤ُ‫ٍح ألٕ حألشـخٍ حُؼخ‬َٝٔٓ ‫ ً٘ض‬.‫زخ‬٣َ‫خ ُٔيس ٓخػش طو‬ٜ٤‫ض ك‬٤‫ٓش‬ٝ ‫ حُـخرش حُٔظِٔش رَٔػش‬٠ُ‫طِضُ ا‬ٝ
,‫ال‬٤ٔ‫ ًخٕ حٌُٔخٕ ؿ‬.‫َس‬٤‫ٍحم حألشـخٍ حٌُؼ‬ٝ‫ حألٍع رٔزذ أ‬٠ُ‫َح ا‬٤‫ كِْ طٌٖ حُشْٔ طظَ ًؼ‬,‫ىس‬َٝ‫ حُز‬٠ِ‫زؼغ ػ‬٣ ‫ظال‬
٠ِ‫زؼغ ػ‬٣ٝ ‫خىثخ ؿيح‬ٛ ٞ‫ ًخٕ حُـ‬.‫ حألشـخٍ حُؼؤش‬ٟ‫ اكي‬٠ِ‫ق ٓظٌجخ ػ‬٣َ‫ هٍَصُ إٔ أٓظ‬,‫هض‬ُٞ‫رؼي كظَس ٖٓ ح‬ٝ
ٚ‫ إٔ أًٍز‬٢ِ‫ػ‬
ّ ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ص حُوطخٍ ح‬ٞ‫ت روظ‬٤‫ض ًَ ش‬٤ٔٗٝ ,‫ن‬٤ٔ‫ٓزخص ػ‬ ُ ٢‫ ىهِضُ ك‬٢٘ٗ‫ حُـخرش ُيٍؿش أ‬٢‫٘ش ك‬٤ٗ‫حُطٔؤ‬
‫ هِؼش ُٗيح ػ٘يٓخ‬٢‫ أٌٖٓ ك‬٢٘ٗ‫ أ‬٢ٓ‫ ٓ٘خ‬٢‫ ً٘ضُ أكِْ ك‬.‫ حُٔلطش‬٢‫ ك‬٢َٗ‫ ًخٗض ط٘ظظ‬٢‫ حُظ‬٢‫ًٌُي كوخثز‬ٝ ,ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ا‬
ٍ ٞ‫ ط‬٠ِ‫وظض ػ‬٤‫حٓظ‬
"!‫ حُِٔي طٔخٓخ‬ٚ‫شز‬٣ ٚٗ‫َ! أ‬ٌٛٓ ‫ٌح‬ٛ !ٚ٤ُ‫ أٗظَ ا‬,‫خ ُِؼـذ‬٣" ,ٍٞ‫و‬٣ ‫ص ٓخ‬

I opened my eyes slowly and found two men looking at me. Both carried guns and
were dressed for hunting. One of them was short but looked very tough with light
blue eyes, and he looked like a soldier. The other was younger, thin and of medium
height, and he looked like a gentleman. I later found out that my guesses were both
correct.
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 8 Mohamed Morsi
‫ٔخ‬ٛ‫ ًخٕ أكي‬.‫ي‬٤‫خٕ ٓالرْ حُظ‬٣‫َطي‬٣ٝ ‫ش‬٤‫ٔخ ر٘يه‬ٜ٘ٓ ‫لَٔ ًال‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.٢ُ‫٘ظَحٕ ا‬٣ ٖ٤ِ‫ؿيصُ ٍؿ‬ٝٝ ‫ رزؾء‬٢٘٤‫كظلضُ ػ‬
َ‫هَ كٌخٕ أطـ‬٥‫ أٓخ ح‬.١‫ ؿ٘ي‬ٚٗ‫ًؤ‬ٝ ٝ‫زي‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ,‫ أٍُم كخطق‬ٚ٤٘٤‫ٕ ػ‬ُٞ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ,‫ش طٔخٓخ‬٤٘‫ حُز‬١ٞ‫ ريح ه‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ‫َح‬٤‫هظ‬
.‫لش‬٤‫ٔخ ًخٗض طل‬ٜ٤ًِ ٖ‫ ػ‬٢‫٘خط‬٤ٔ‫ٔخ رؼي إٔ طو‬٤‫حًظشلض ك‬ٝ .‫ حُ٘زالء‬ٚ‫شز‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ,ٍٞ‫ٓؾ حُط‬ٞ‫ٓظ‬ٝ ‫لخ‬٤‫ٗل‬ٝ ,‫ػَٔح‬

The older man walked up to me and raised his hat to me politely, so I stood up. "He's
about the same height as the King, too!" he said. "This really is extraordinary.
What's your name, sir?" "Perhaps you can tell me what your names are first?" I
asked them. The gentleman stepped forward with a smile and said, "Of course. This
is Colonel Sapt, and my name's Fritz von Tarlenheim. We both work for the King of
Ruritania."

‫ٍ حُِٔي‬ٞ‫ ٗلْ ؽ‬٢‫زخ ك‬٣َ‫ طو‬ٚٗ‫ "ا‬,َ‫ هخٍ حَُؿ‬.٢ٓ‫هي‬

ّ ٠ِ‫هلضُ ػ‬ٞ‫ ك‬,‫ رؤىد‬٢ُ ٚ‫ٍكغ هزؼظ‬ٝ ‫ حَُؿَ حألًزَ ٓ٘خ‬٢٘ٓ ‫حهظَد‬
َ٤‫ال؟" كظويّ حَُؿَ حُ٘ز‬ٝ‫ٌٔخ أ‬٤ٔٓ‫ رخ‬٢ٗ‫ "ُؼٌِٔخ طوزَح‬,‫ٔخ‬ٜ‫؟" كٔؤُظ‬١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ‫ ٓخ حٓٔي‬.‫َ كوخ‬ٌٛٓ ‫ت‬٤‫ٌح ش‬ٛ ٕ‫ ا‬,‫ؼخ‬٣‫أ‬
‫ ِٓي‬ٟ‫ؼَٔ ُي‬٣ ‫ ًالٗخ‬.ْ٣‫خ‬ٍُٜ٘‫ٕ طخ‬ٞ‫ظِ ك‬٣َ‫ ك‬٠‫أٗخ أىػ‬ٝ ,‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ حُؼو‬ٞٛ ‫ٌح‬ٛ ,‫ "رخُطزغ‬,ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ْٔ‫زظ‬٣ ٞٛٝ ‫س‬ٞ‫هط‬
".‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ

I shook their hands and told them, "I'm Rudolf Rassendyll. I'm a traveller from
England and was an officer in the Queen's army." "Well, we're officers for our
King, so we understand each other well!" said Tarlenheim."Rassendyll,
Rassendyll," said Colonel Sapt quietly. "I know! Are you one of the Burlesdons?"
"My brother's the new Lord Burlesdon," I explained. "So, do I really look like the
King?" "You could be twins," said Fritz. "Although you look like identical twins,
you do not have identical personalities or skills. You two seem very different. If you
were an officer for the Queen's army, Rassendyll, you must be good with a sword!"
laughed Sapt.

ٍ‫" كوخ‬.‫ش حٌُِٔش‬٤‫ ؿ‬٢‫ً٘ض ػخرطخ ك‬ٝ ‫هخىّ ٖٓ اٗـِظَح‬ٝ َ‫ أٗخ ٓٔخك‬.ٍ‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ُق ٍح‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ٢ٔٓ‫ "ح‬,‫ٔخ‬ُٜ ُ‫هِض‬ٝ ‫ٔخ‬ٜ‫طخكلظ‬
,ٍ‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ "ٍح‬,‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ي ٓخرض ر‬٤‫" هخٍ حُؼو‬.‫يح‬٤‫ْ رؼؼ٘خ ؿ‬ٜ‫ اًح ك٘لٖ ٗل‬,‫ ٌِٓ٘خ‬ٟ‫ ٗلٖ ػخرطخٕ ُي‬,‫ "كٔ٘خ‬,ْ٣‫خ‬ٍُٜ٘‫طخ‬
ْ‫" ػ‬.‫ي‬٣‫ٕ حُـي‬ٝ‫َُٔي‬٤‫ٍى ر‬ُِٞ‫ ح‬ٞٛ ٢‫ "أه‬,ُٚ ُ‫ٕ؟" كشَكض‬ٝ‫َُٔي‬٤‫َ أٗض أكي أكَحى ر‬ٛ ,‫ أٗخ أػَف ًُي‬,ٍ‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ٍح‬
‫ حَُؿْ أٌٗٔخ‬٠ِ‫ "ػ‬,‫هخٍ ٓخرض ػخكٌخ‬ٝ ".ٖ٤ٓ‫أ‬ٞ‫ٗخ ط‬ٌٞ‫ "ٍرٔخ ط‬,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ حُِٔي؟" كوخٍ ك‬ٚ‫َ أٗخ رخُلؼَ أشز‬ٛ" ,‫ٔخ‬ٜ‫ٓؤُظ‬
َ‫ كبًح ً٘ض‬.‫ٖ طٔخٓخ‬٤‫حٕ ٓوظِل‬ٝ‫ أٗظٔخ طزي‬.‫خٍحص‬ُٜٔ‫ ح‬٢‫ ك‬ٝ‫ش أ‬٤‫ حُشوظ‬٢‫ٖ ك‬٤ِ‫ٖ اال أٌٗٔخ ُٔظٔخ ٓظٔخػ‬٤ِ‫ٖ حُٔظٔخػ‬٤ٓ‫أ‬ٞ‫ًخُظ‬
".‫ق‬٤ُٔ‫ حُٔزخٍُس رخ‬٢‫ي رخٍع ك‬٤ً‫ كؤٗض رخُظؤ‬,ٍ‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫خ ٍح‬٣ ‫ش حٌُِٔش‬٤‫ ؿ‬٢‫ػخرطخ ك‬

"Is the King not a fighting man?" I asked. "The King likes to live well," said Fritz.
"Let's say he prefers eating to action, but he's a kind man and he's our King. We'd
do anything for him." "Perhaps we are alike then," I said, "because I like to have an
easy life, too!" At this moment, a voice came from the trees behind us. "Fritz?
Where are you, Fritz?" Fritz looked worried, and then said quietly to me, "It's the
King! He's coming here now."

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ٍٝ‫لؼَ ط٘خ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ٍ أ‬ٞ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ ٗو‬٣ .‫ي‬٤‫ش رشٌَ ؿ‬٤‫ؼ‬٣ ٕ‫لذ أ‬٣ ‫ "حُِٔي‬,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ْ حُِٔي ٍؿَ ٓوخطَ؟" كوخٍ ك‬٤ُ‫ "أ‬,‫ٔخ‬ٜ‫ٓؤُظ‬
".ِٚ‫ت ٖٓ أؿ‬٤‫ ش‬١‫ حٓظؼيحى إٔ ٗلؼَ أ‬٠ِ‫ٗلٖ ػ‬ٝ ,‫ ٌِٓ٘خ‬ٞٛٝ ‫ف‬ٞ‫ ٍؿَ ػط‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ,‫ع حُٔؼخٍى‬ٞ‫حُطؼخّ أًؼَ ٖٓ ه‬
ٖٓ ‫ص‬ٞ‫ ؿخء ط‬,‫ حُِلظش‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫" ك‬.‫ؼخ‬٣‫ِش أ‬ُٜٔ‫خس ح‬٤‫ش حُل‬٤‫ أكذ إٔ أػ‬٢٘ٗ‫ٖ أل‬٤ٜ‫ٕ ٓظشخر‬ٌٞٗ ‫ "اًح ٍرٔخ‬,‫ٔخ‬ُٜ ُ‫كوِض‬
ٚٗ‫ ا‬,‫ حُِٔي‬ٚٗ‫ "ا‬,‫خىة‬ٛ ‫ص‬ٞ‫ رظ‬٢ُ ٍ‫ ػْ هخ‬,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ك‬٠ِ‫ظِ؟" ريح حُوِن ػ‬٣َ‫خ ك‬٣ ‫ٖ أٗض‬٣‫ أ‬,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ "ك‬,ٍٞ‫و‬٣ ‫ٖ حألشـخٍ هِل٘خ‬٤‫ر‬
".ٕ٥‫٘خ ح‬ٛ ٠ُ‫هخىّ ا‬
A young man then came out from behind a tree in the forest and stood in front of us.
As I looked at him, I gave out a loud cry at the same time as he stood back in
amazement to see me. Except perhaps for a centimetre or two difference in height,
we looked so alike that the King of Ruritania might have been me, Rudolf
Rassendyll, and I might have been him, the King of Ruritania.

ْ‫ ٗل‬٢‫ش ك‬٤ُ‫ طَهش ػخ‬٢٘ٓ ‫ طيٍص‬,ٚ٤ُ‫ ػ٘يٓخ ٗظَص ا‬.‫هق أٓخٓ٘خ‬ٝٝ ‫ حُـخرش‬٢‫ حألشـخٍ ك‬ٟ‫َ شخد ٖٓ هِق اكي‬ٜ‫ػْ ظ‬
ٝ‫ٔظَ أ‬٤‫ٍ رٔويحٍ ٓ٘ظ‬ٞ‫ حُط‬٢‫ى حهظالف ك‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ٝ ‫ كزخٓظؼ٘خء‬.٢‫ظ‬٣‫ٍ ٖٓ ٍإ‬ًٞٛ ‫ كخُش‬٢‫ ُِوِق ك‬ٚ٤‫ ك‬ٞٛ ‫ طَحؿغ‬١ٌُ‫هض ح‬ُٞ‫ح‬
ٖٓ ٕ‫ ًٔخ أ‬,ٍ‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ُق ٍح‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ,‫ أٗخ‬ٞٛ ‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ٕ ِٓي‬ٌٞ٣ ٕ‫ ٖٓ حُـخثِ أ‬ٚٗ‫ٖ طٔخٓخ ُيٍؿش أ‬٤ِ‫ ٓظٔخػ‬ٝ‫ ً٘خ ٗزي‬,ٖ٤٘‫حػ‬
.‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ ِٓي‬,ٞٛ ‫ٕ أٗخ‬ًٞ‫حُـخثِ إٔ أ‬

Questions with model Answers

1) Who is Rudolf Rassendyll?

He is a wealthy English gentleman and the narrator of the story.

2) Who is Rose Rassendyll?

She is Rudolf Rassendyll's sister–in–law. She is Robert Rassendyll's wife.

3) Who is Robert Rassendyll?

He is Rudolf Rassendyll's brother and he is Lord Burlesdon.

4) Why doesn't Rudolf Rassendyll work?

Because he enjoys an important position in society and he has enough money to do what
he wants to.

5) What foreign languages could Rudolf Rassendyll speak?

He could speak French, German, Italian and Spanish.

6) What things was Rudolf Rassendyll good at?

He was good at using guns and swords and riding horses.

7) According to Rose Rassendyll, what makes Rudolf different from his brother?
a- He has red hair, but Robert doesn't.
b- Robert realizes his position in society has responsibilities, but Rudolf only
sees opportunities in his position.
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8) Who is Sir Jacob Borrodaile?
He is an important English man who is about to become an ambassador.

9) What kind of work does Rose suggest Rudolf should do?

She suggests that Rudolf should work for Sir Jacob Borrodaile.

10) Rose is a very persuasive person. Explain.

She has a way of asking people to do things which is impossible to refuse. She has
persuaded Rudolf to work for Sir Jacob Borrodaile.

11) When is Sir Jacob going to become an ambassador?

He is going to become an ambassador in six months' time.

12) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll agree to work for Sir Jacob Borrodaile?
He thought the job sounded quite interesting and Rose persuaded him.

13) What is "Ruritania"?

It is a small country in the middle of Europe.

14) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll decide to visit Ruritania?

He decided to go there to attend the coronation of King Rudolf the Fifth.

15) Why have the Rassendyll family been interested in the Elphberg family?
Because in 1733, Countess Amelia Rassendyll married a member of the Ruritanian royal family,
the Elphbergs.

16) What kind of paintings does Rudolf Rassendyll have on his walls?
He has paintings of Countess Amelia and her descendants.

17) What common physical features did the Elphbergs have?

They had red hair and straight noses.

18) Why didn't Rudolf tell his family about his plans to travel to Ruritania?
He didn't want them to stop him.
19) What did Rudolf Rassendyll tell his relations about the journey?
He told them he was going for a walking tour in the Alps.

20) What kind of books did Rudolf say he was going to write?
He said he was going to write a book about social problems in the country.

21) Did Rudolf really write a book about social problems?

No, he didn't.

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22) What kind of books did Rudolf finally write?
He wrote a book about his adventures in Ruritania.

23) What did Rudolf Rassendyll do in Paris?

He called on some of his old friends.

24) Who is George Featherly?

He is an English friend of Rudolf who works in the Paris embassy.

25) Who is Bertram Bertrand?

He is an English journalist who works in Paris.

26) Who is Antoinette de Mauban?

She is a wealthy French lady. She is very ambitious. She loves Duke Michael.

27) What relation is Duke Michael to Rudolf Elphberg?

Duke Michael is the half-brother to Rudolf Elphberg, the king of Ruritania.

28) What is the capital of Ruritania?

Strelsau is the capital of Ruritania.

29) George Featherly thinks that Duke Michael won't enjoy the coronation of his
half-brother Rudolf. What reason does he give for this?
He thinks that Michael doesn't like being only a duke so he wishes he were the king.

30) Who has the right to become the king of Ruritania? Why?
Rudolf Elphberg, as he is the older son.

31) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll tell his friend George that he was going to Ruritania?
If he had told him, he would have told Bertram (a journalist) and the news would have
been in all the newspapers within days.

32) Who did Rudolf see on the train to Dresden?

Antoinette de Mauban.

33) Why did the guards at the border stare at Rudolf Rassendyll?
Because he looked very much like Rudolf Elphberg, the King of Ruritania.

34) Why couldn't Rudolf Rassendyll stay in the capital city, Strelsau?
Because all the hotels there were full with people who wanted to see the coronation.

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35) What do you know about Zenda?
It's a small town, 80 kilometers from the capital and about 10 kilometers from the border.
It has a famous castle.

36) What did the owner of the inn think of Michael, Duke of Strelsau?
She loved him. She said he had always lived in Ruritania and he cared about the people, so
people liked him. She wished the Duke was the King and not his brother.

37) What did the owner of the inn think of the king?
She said he was almost a stranger. He's been abroad for most of his life and not many
people even know how he looks like.

38) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll decide to walk in the forest?

So that he might see the king.

39) What did the owner of the inn think Rudolf Elphberg should do?
She thought he should let the Duke (Michael) become their King.

40) Who is Johann Holf?

He is a servant who works in the castle of Zenda.

41) Why did Johann step back in surprise as soon as he saw Rudolf Rassendyll?
Because Rudolf Rassendyll looked exactly like the King.

42) Describe the castle of Zenda.

It was very old but well-built. - There was a moat all around it. - Behind it was a large
modern mansion. - It could only be reached by a drawbridge between it and the mansion. -
It was well defended.

43) Who is Colonel Sapt?

He is an old soldier who works for the King of Ruritania.

44) Who is Fritz von Tarlenheim?

He is a gentleman who works for the King of Ruritania.

45) Were the King and Duke Michael friends? Why?

No, because both of them wanted the same thing (the throne) and the same wife (Flavia).

46) Why was the King at the Duke's hunting lodge at Zenda?
He was there because Duke Michael invited him to rest there until the day of the
coronation.

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47) Why was Duke Michael at Strelsau?
He was there to make preparations for the coronation.

48) Why did Johann invite Rudolf Rassendyll to stay at his sister's house?
Because all the hotels were full in Strelsau and Johann himself was unable to go.

49) What did Colonel Sapt look like?

He was short but looked very tough with light blue eyes. He looked like a soldier.

Chapter 2
It was a very strange feeling for me to be standing in a forest in the middle of
Ruritania in front of a person who looked exactly the same as me. For a few
minutes, the future King of Ruritania and I stood looking at each other in silence.
Then I bowed to him and he finally spoke.

ُ‫هلض‬ٝ .‫ طٔخٓخ‬٢ٜ٘‫شز‬٣ ‫خ أٓخّ شوض‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ُش‬ٝ‫ ى‬٢‫ حُـخرخص ك‬ٟ‫ اكي‬٢‫حهلخ ك‬ٝ ًٕٞ‫ إٔ أ‬٢ُ ‫زخ رخُ٘ٔزش‬٣َ‫ٍح ؿ‬ٞ‫ًخٕ شؼ‬
.‫َح‬٤‫ أه‬ٞٛ ٌِْ‫ط‬ٝ ,ٚ‫ظ‬٤‫ضُ ُظل‬٤٘‫ ػْ حٗل‬,‫ طٔض‬٢‫ رؼؼ٘خ حُزؼغ ك‬٠ُ‫خ حُوخىّ ُزؼؼش ىهخثن ٗ٘ظَ ا‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ِٓي‬ٝ ‫أٗخ‬

"Colonel, Fritz: who is this gentleman?" I was about to answer when Colonel Sapt
stepped forward and spoke quietly to the King. As the Colonel talked, the King
listened patiently, staring at me now and then. While they were talking, I examined
him carefully. He certainly looked very like me, although there were some
differences: his mouth was perhaps less wide and my face was a little thinner. But
in most ways we were identical.

‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ذ ػ٘يٓخ طويّ حُؼو‬٤‫شي إٔ أؿ‬ٝ ٠ِ‫َ؟" ً٘ضُ ػ‬٤‫ي حُ٘ز‬٤ُٔ‫ٌح ح‬ٛ ٖٓ ,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ك‬,‫ي‬٤‫خ حُؼو‬ٜ٣‫ "أ‬,‫هخٍ حُِٔي‬
ٖ٤‫ ر‬٢‫ليّم ك‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ْٜ‫ حُِٔي رظل‬ُٚ ‫٘ظض‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬,‫ظليع‬٣ ٕ‫ي ًخ‬٤‫٘ٔخ حُؼو‬٤‫ ر‬.‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫طليع ٓغ حُِٔي ر‬ٝ ّ‫س ُألٓخ‬ٞ‫هط‬
‫ى‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٖٓ ْ‫ حَُؿ‬٠ِ‫َس ػ‬٤‫ ريٍؿش ًز‬٢ٜ٘‫شز‬٣ ٕ‫ي ًخ‬٤ً‫ رخُظؤ‬.‫ ً٘ض أكلض حُِٔي ريهش‬,ٕ‫ظليػخ‬٣ ‫٘ٔخ ًخٗخ‬٤‫ ر‬.َ‫ه‬٥‫ح‬ٝ ٖ٤‫حُل‬
.ٖ٤ِ‫ ػخّ ً٘خ ٓظٔخػ‬ٚ‫ؿ‬ٞ‫ٌُٖ ر‬ٝ ,‫ال‬٤ِ‫ ًخٕ أٗلق ه‬٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝٝ ,‫ ًخٕ أهَ ػَػخ‬ٚٔ‫ كل‬,‫٘٘خ‬٤‫رؼغ حالهظالكخص ر‬

Colonel Sapt stopped talking and the King suddenly began to laugh loudly. Then he
stepped up to me, still laughing, and said, "It's good to meet you, cousin! You must
forgive me if I seemed surprised, as it's not every day that you see your double!" "I
hope you're not angry," I said. "Whether I like it or not, you can't help looking like
me. No, I'll happily help you. Where are you travelling to?" "To Strelsau, sir. To
the coronation." The King looked at the two other men and smiled. "What would
my brother Michael think if he saw us two together!" he cried.

‫ؼلي‬٣ ٍ‫ ٓخُح‬ٞٛٝ ٢‫ظ‬٤‫حص ٗخك‬ٞ‫ ػْ طويّ هط‬,ٍٍ ‫ص ػخ‬ٞ‫ؼلي رظ‬٣ ‫كـؤس ريأ حُِٔي‬ٝ ,‫غ‬٣‫ي ٓخرض ػٖ حُلي‬٤‫هق حُؼو‬ٞ‫ط‬
ًَ ‫ِي‬٤‫ كؤٗض ال طوخرَ ٓؼ‬,٢ِ‫ػ‬
ّ ٝ‫شش ًخٗض طزي‬ٛ‫ ألٕ حُي‬٢٘‫ إٔ طٔخٓل‬ٞ‫ أٍؿ‬.ْ‫خ حرٖ حُؼ‬٣ ‫ي رٔوخرِظي‬٤‫ "أٗخ ٓؼ‬,ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ
‫ أٗخ‬.٢ُ ‫خ‬ٜ٤‫ٕ شز‬ٌٞ‫ كال ٓلَ ٖٓ إٔ ط‬,‫حء أكززضُ ًُي أّ ال‬ٞٓ" ,ٍ‫" كوخ‬.‫ٕ ًُي أؿؼزي‬ٌٞ٣ ‫ أال‬ٞ‫ "أٍؿ‬,‫" كوِض‬.ّٞ٣
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 َ‫ كل‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ٛ‫ أٗخ ًح‬,ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ "ا‬,‫ٖ أٗض ٓٔخكَ؟" كوِض‬٣‫ أ‬٠ُ‫ ا‬,‫ إٔ أهيّ ُي ٓٔخػيس‬٢ٗ‫ٔؼي‬٣ٝ ,‫ُٔضُ ؿخػزخ‬
ٖ‫ٌَ اًح ٍخٗخ ٗل‬٣‫ ٓخ‬٢‫وطَ رزخٍ أه‬٤ٓ ١ٌُ‫ "ٓخ ح‬,‫حرظْٔ ػْ طخف هخثال‬ٝ ٖ٣َ‫ه‬٥‫ٖ ح‬٤ِ‫ حَُؿ‬٠ُ‫" ٗظَ حُِٔي ا‬.‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫حُظظ‬
".‫ٖ ٓؼخ‬٤٘‫حالػ‬

"But sir," said Fritz von Tarlenheim, "I don't think it would be a good idea for Mr
Rassendyll to visit Strelsau now." "Really? What do you think?" the King asked
Colonel Sapt. "I agree. He mustn't go," said the old soldier. "Don't worry, sir. I
understand the problem," I said. "I'll leave Ruritania today." "You don't need to
go now!" said the King. "Please, first you must eat with me tonight. You don't meet
a new cousin every day!"

ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫٘يٍ ا‬٤ٓ‫ي ٍح‬٤ُٔ‫ذ ح‬ٌٛ٣ ٕ‫يس أ‬٤‫ٕ كٌَس ؿ‬ٌٞ‫خ ٓظ‬ٜٗ‫ أٗخ ال أػظوي أ‬,١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ٌُٖٝ" ,ْ٣‫خ‬ٍُٜ٘‫ٕ طخ‬ٞ‫ظِ ك‬٣َ‫هخٍ ك‬
ٕ‫ـذ أريح أ‬٣ ‫ ال‬.ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ "أٗخ أطلن ٓغ ك‬,‫َ ٓ٘خ‬٤‫ي؟" كوخٍ حُؼخرؾ حٌُز‬٣‫ "كوخ؟ ٓخ ٍأ‬,‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫" كٔؤٍ حُِٔي حُؼو‬.ٕ٥‫ح‬
,‫" كوخٍ حُِٔي‬.ّٞ٤ُ‫خ ح‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٍ‫ف أؿخى‬ٞٓ .‫ْ حُٔشٌِش‬ٜ‫ أٗخ ٓظل‬,١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ‫ي‬٤ِ‫ "ال ػ‬, ُ‫" كوِض‬.‫٘خى‬ٛ ٠ُ‫٘يٍ ا‬٤ٓ‫ذ ٍح‬ٌٛ٣
".ّٞ٣ ًَ ‫ي‬٣‫ أٗض ال طوخرَ حرٖ ػْ ؿي‬.‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ حُطؼخّ ح‬٢‫ٍ ٓؼ‬ٝ‫ال إٔ طظ٘خ‬ٝ‫ الري أ‬,‫ ٖٓ كؼِي‬.ّٞ٤ُ‫ إٔ طـخىٍ ح‬٢‫"ال ىحػ‬

"Remember, sir, that we have an early start tomorrow," said Colonel Sapt.
"We can still eat well," said the King, "and good food is more important than sleep!
Now Mr Rassendyll, what's your first name?" "The same as yours," I answered,
bowing again. "Come, then, cousin Rudolf. I don't have a house here, but I'm staying
in the place my brother Michael uses for hunting. It's not the palace that I'm used to,
but it will do for a few days." So I walked with the King for half an hour through the
forest, talking happily until we reached a small wooden hunting lodge between the
trees. The King's personal servant came out to meet us. The other servant was the
mother of Johann, the man who I had met earlier at the inn.

‫ ًٔخ‬,‫يح‬٤‫ٌٔ٘٘خ إٔ ٗؤًَ ؿ‬٣ ‫ٓغ ًُي‬ٝ" ,‫" كوخٍ حُِٔي‬.‫زيأ ٓزٌَح ؿيح‬٤ٓ ‫ٓ٘خ‬ٞ٣ ٕ‫ أ‬١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ًٌَ‫ "ط‬,‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫هخٍ حُؼو‬
ْ‫ ٗل‬ٞٛ" ,‫ش‬٤ٗ‫ َٓس ػخ‬ُٚ ٢٘‫أٗخ أٗل‬ٝ ُ‫ٍ؟" كؤؿزض‬ٝ‫ ٓخ حٓٔي حأل‬,ٍ‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ي ٍح‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ .ُّٞ٘‫ْ ٖٓ ح‬ٛ‫ي أ‬٤‫إٔ حُطؼخّ حُـ‬
٢‫ أه‬ٚٓ‫ٔظوي‬٣ ١ٌُ‫ حٌُٔخٕ ح‬٢‫ْ ك‬٤‫ أه‬٢ٌُ٘ٝ ,‫٘خ‬ٛ ‫ أٗخ ال أٓظِي ِٓ٘ال‬.‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ْ‫خ حرٖ حُؼ‬٣ ًٕ‫ ا‬٠ُ‫ "طؼخ‬,ٍ‫" كوخ‬.‫حٓٔي‬
‫َ ٓغ‬٤ُٔ‫ هٔضُ رخ‬,‫ٌٌح‬ٛٝ ".ّ‫خ‬٣‫ رخُـَع ُزؼؼش أ‬٢‫ل‬٣ ٌُٚ٘ٝ ,ٚ٤ِ‫ حػظيص ػ‬١ٌُ‫ْ ًخُوظَ ح‬٤ُ ٚٗ‫ ا‬.‫ي‬٤‫ٌَ أػ٘خء حُظ‬٣‫ٓخ‬
ٖ٤‫وغ ر‬٣ٝ ‫ي‬٤‫ُٔظويّ ػ٘ي حُظ‬٣ َ٤‫ طـ‬٢‫م هشز‬ًٞ ٠ُ‫طِ٘خ ا‬ٝ ٠‫حُِٔي ُٔيس ٗظق ٓخػش ػزَ حُـخرش ٗظليع رال طٌِّق كظ‬
‫ حُل٘يم‬٢‫ ك‬ٚ‫ هخرِظ‬١ٌُ‫ حَُؿَ ح‬,ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫حُيس ؿ‬ٝ ٢ٛ َٟ‫ ًخٗض حُوخىٓش حأله‬.‫ ُٔالهخط٘خ‬٢‫ هَؽ هخىّ حُِٔي حُشوظ‬.ٍ‫حألشـخ‬
.٢‫ل‬٣َُ‫ح‬
"Is dinner ready yet, Josef?" the King asked the servant. The servant said it was and
showed us into a dining room where a table had been laid out with generous amounts
of food. After my walk I was hungry, so I ate a lot and the food was delicious, but I
noticed that Colonel Sapt and Fritz von Tarlenheim did not want to eat too much
because of the events the next day. "The Colonel and I have to leave here at six
tomorrow morning," Fritz explained. "We ride to Zenda and return with a guard of
soldiers to take the King to the station." "It's very good of my brother to let me use
his guards," said the King. "But Rudolf, forget these two men! We don't need to get
up so early, so eat some more, cousin!"
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 15 Mohamed Morsi
‫غ ًخٗض‬٤‫ ؿَكش حُطؼخّ ك‬٠ُ‫ٍحكو٘خ ا‬ٝ ,‫ـخد‬٣‫ق؟" ٍ ّى حُوخىّ رخإل‬٣ُٞ‫خ ؿ‬٣ ِٛ‫َ حُؼشخء ؿخ‬ٛ" ,ّ‫ٓؤٍ حُِٔي حُوخى‬
ُ‫ ٌُُي أًِض‬,ّ‫ حألهيح‬٠ِ‫َح ػ‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬ٜ‫ هطؼظ‬٢‫ ً٘ضُ ؿخثؼخ رؼي حُٔٔخكش حُظ‬.ّ‫َس ٖٓ حُطؼخ‬٤‫ك‬ٝ ‫ش‬٤ًٔ ‫خ‬ٜ٤ِ‫ػ‬ٝ ‫٘خى ٓ٘ؼيس ٓؼيّس‬ٛ
َ٤‫ٍ حٌُؼ‬ٝ‫ ط٘خ‬٢‫َؿزخ ك‬٣ ُْ ْ٣‫خ‬ٍُٜ٘‫ٕ طخ‬ٞ‫ظِ ك‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ الكظضُ إٔ حُؼو‬٢ٌُ٘ٝ .‫خ‬٤ٜ‫ ًخٕ ش‬١ٌُ‫َح ٖٓ حُطؼخّ ح‬٤‫ًؼ‬
‫ حُٔخىٓش‬٢‫٘خ ك‬ٛ ‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫حُؼو‬ٝ ‫ف ٗـخىٍ أٗخ‬ٞٓ" ,‫ظِ هخثال‬٣َ‫ ك‬٢ُ ‫ شَف‬.٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ ٓظليع ك‬٢‫خص حُظ‬٤ُ‫رٔزذ حُلؼخ‬
".ٍ‫ ٓلطش حُوطخ‬٠ُ‫ى حُلَحّ ُ٘ظطلذ حُِٔي ا‬ٞ٘‫ٓؼ٘خ أكي حُـ‬ٝ ‫ى‬ٞ‫ ُٗيح ػْ ٗؼ‬٠ُ‫ُ٘خ ا‬ٞ٤‫ ه‬٢‫ ٓ٘ٔظط‬.‫ٖٓ طزخف حُـي‬
ٖ٣ٌٜ‫ ال طشـَ رخُي ر‬,‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ‫خ‬٣ ٌُٖٝ .ٚٓ‫كَح‬ ّ ّ‫ رخٓظويح‬٢ُ ‫ٔٔق‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬٢‫ذ ؿيح ٖٓ أه‬٤‫ت ؽ‬٤‫ ش‬ٚٗ‫ "ا‬,‫هخٍ حُِٔي‬
"!ْ‫خ حرٖ حُؼ‬٣ ّ‫ي ٖٓ حُطؼخ‬٣ُِٔ‫ٍ ح‬ٝ‫ ط٘خ‬,‫ اًح‬.ٞ‫ٌح حُ٘ل‬ٛ ٠ِ‫وخظ ٓزٌَح ػ‬٤‫ حالٓظ‬٠ُ‫ٖ! ك٘لٖ ُٔ٘خ رلخؿش ا‬٤ِ‫حَُؿ‬

We continued to eat and Josef continued to bring in more food. "The Duke said I was
to give you this at the end of your meal," said the servant, putting some cakes in front
of us."Well done, Michael! He knows me well!" said the King happily, and he ate the
cakes hungrily, as if they were the first thing he had eaten all day. I ate one of the
cakes, but I had really eaten enough, and when the King seemed to have finally
finished eating, I asked to go to bed. That is all I remember of that evening.

‫م‬ٝ‫ حُي‬٢ُ ٍ‫ "هخ‬,‫ؼغ أٓخٓ٘خ رؼغ حٌُؼي‬٣ ٞٛٝ ّ‫ هخٍ حُوخى‬.ٚ٘ٓ ‫ي‬٣ُِٔ‫ق اكؼخٍ ح‬٣ُٞ‫حطَ ؿ‬ٝٝ ّ‫ٍ حُطؼخ‬ٝ‫حطِ٘خ ط٘خ‬ٝ
ْ‫" ػ‬.‫يح‬٤‫ ؿ‬٢٘‫ؼَك‬٣ ٚٗ‫ ا‬.ٌَ٣‫خ ٓخ‬٣ ‫ "أكٔ٘ض ط٘ؼخ‬,‫يح‬٤‫" كوخٍ حُِٔي ٓؼ‬.‫ؿزظي‬ٝ ‫ش‬٣‫خ‬ٜٗ ٢‫ٌح ك‬ٛ ‫ إٔ أهيّ ُي‬٢ِ‫ػ‬ ّ ‫ـذ‬٣ ٚٗ‫أ‬
ُ
٢‫ٌل‬٣ ‫غ ً٘ضُ هي أًِضُ ٓخ‬٤‫ك‬ ‫حكيس كوؾ‬ٝ ‫ أٗخ أًِض ًؼٌش‬.ّٞ٤ُ‫حٍ ح‬ٞ‫ ؽ‬ًِٚ‫ؤ‬٣ ‫ت‬٤‫ٍ ش‬ٝ‫ أ‬ٞٛ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ُٞ ‫ْ ًٔخ‬ٜ٘‫أًَ حٌُؼي ر‬
.‫ ًُي حُٔٔخء‬٢‫ ك‬ًٌَٙ‫ٌح ًَ ٓخ أط‬ٛ .ُِّٞ٘ ‫ذ‬ًٛ‫ ؽِزضُ إٔ أ‬,ّ‫َح ٖٓ حُطؼخ‬٤‫ػ٘يٓخ ريح إٔ حُِٔي هي كَؽ أه‬ٝ .َ‫رخُلؼ‬

The next thing I remember, I woke up suddenly covered in water. I looked up and
saw Colonel Sapt standing in front of me, with Fritz von Tarlenheim next to him.
"That wasn't funny," I said, when I realised the Colonel had thrown water over me.
"Nothing else would wake you up. It's five o'clock," said Sapt. "Five o'clock? But it's
early and ... ""Rassendyll," said Fritz in a worried voice, "you must come and look
at this." He took my arm and led me to the next room. The King was lying on the
floor. His face was red and he was breathing heavily.
‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ضُ حُؼو‬٣‫ كَأ‬٠ِ‫ ألػ‬٢ٓ‫ ٍكؼضُ ٍأ‬.٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ‫ حُٔخء‬٠‫هي ؿط‬ٝ ‫وظضُ كـؤس‬٤‫ حٓظ‬٢٘ٗ‫ أ‬ٞٛ ًٌَٙ‫ أط‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬٢ُ‫ت حُظخ‬٤‫حُش‬
‫جخ‬٤‫ٌح ش‬ٛ ٌٖ٣ ُْ" ,٢‫ه‬ٞ‫ي هي ٗؼَ حُٔخء ك‬٤‫ كوِض ػ٘يٓخ أىًٍض إٔ حُؼو‬,ْ٣‫خ‬ٍُٜ٘‫ٕ طخ‬ٞ‫ظِ ك‬٣َ‫ ك‬ٍٙ‫ح‬ٞ‫رـ‬ٝ ٢ٓ‫وق أٓخ‬٣
,‫" كوِض‬.‫ٕ حُوخٓٔش‬٥‫ حُٔخػش ح‬.ُّٞ٘‫هظي ٖٓ ح‬ٞ‫ ُظ‬َٟ‫ِش أه‬٤ٓٝ ١‫٘خى أ‬ٛ ٌٖ‫ "ُْ ط‬,‫" كوخٍ ٓخرض‬.‫ٓؼلٌخ‬
".‫ٌح‬ٛ ٠ُ‫ط٘ظَ ا‬ٝ ٢‫ـذ إٔ طؤط‬٣ ,ٍ‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ "ٍح‬,‫ حُوِن‬ٚ٤ِ‫ ػ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ ‫ص‬ٞ‫ظِ رظ‬٣َ‫" كوخٍ ك‬...ٝ ٌَ‫هض ٓز‬ُٞ‫ٌُٖ ح‬ٝ ‫"حُوخٓٔش؟‬
.‫رش‬ٞ‫ظ٘لْ رظؼ‬٣ٝ َٔ‫ أك‬ٜٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ ُٕٞٝ ‫ حألٍع‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬٠‫ ًخٕ حُِٔي ِٓو‬.‫ش‬٤ُ‫ حُـَكش حُظخ‬٠‫ كظ‬٢ٗ‫هخى‬ٝ ٢‫ ٖٓ ًٍحػ‬٢ٌٗ‫أه‬ٝ

"We've been trying to wake him up for half an hour, but we can't," explained Fritz. I
bent down and felt his pulse, which was very weak and slow. "It must've been those
cakes that he ate last night! Do you think he was poisoned?" I asked. "We don't
know," said Sapt. "We must get a doctor." "There's no doctor for fifteen kilometres
and even a thousand doctors won't make him better today," said Fritz. "But what
about the coronation?" I cried. "We must tell the people of Ruritania that he's ill,"
said Fritz."If he's not crowned today, I don't think he'll ever be King," said Sapt.
"But why?" I asked. "The whole country's waiting for him today. Most of the army
is waiting too, with Duke Michael leading it. They won't be happy," said Sapt.
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 16 Mohamed Morsi
ٚ‫هٔضُ رـْ ٗزؼ‬ٝ َ‫ أٓل‬٠ُ‫ضُ ا‬٤٘‫" حٗل‬.‫ٌُ٘٘خ ُْ ٗٔظطغ‬ٝ ‫ ٌٓ٘ ٗظق ٓخػش‬ٚ‫ٍ اكخهظ‬ٝ‫ "ٗلٖ ٗلخ‬,‫ هخثال‬٢ُ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫شَف ك‬
‫طؼَع‬ّ ٚٗ‫َ طؼظويحٕ أ‬ٛ .‫ش‬٤‫ِش حُٔخػ‬٤ُِ‫ ح‬ًِٚ‫ أ‬١ٌُ‫ي ًُي حٌُؼي ح‬٤ً‫ رخُظؤ‬ٚٗ‫ "ا‬,‫ٔخ‬ُٜ ُ‫ هِض‬.‫ش‬٣‫جخ ُِـخ‬٤‫رط‬ٝ ‫لخ‬٤‫ ػؼ‬ٚ‫ؿيط‬ٞ‫ك‬
,‫ٓظَح‬ِٞ٤ً َ‫ذ ُٔٔخكش هٔٔش ػش‬٤‫ؿي ؽز‬ٞ٣ ‫ "ال‬,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫" كوخٍ ك‬.‫زخ‬٤‫ـذ إٔ ٗلؼَ ؽز‬٣ .ِْ‫ "ال ٗؼ‬,‫ُِظْٔٔ؟" كوخٍ ٓخرض‬
,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ؾ؟" كوخٍ ك‬٣ٞ‫ٌُٖ ٓخًح ػٖ كلَ حُظظ‬ٝ" ,‫" كظَهضُ هخثال‬.ّٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬ٚ‫ح شلخث‬ٞ‫ؼ‬٤‫ٔظط‬٣ ِٖ‫ذ ك‬٤‫٘خى أُق ؽز‬ٛ ُٞ ٠‫كظ‬ٝ
‫ٕ ٌِٓخ رؼي‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ٚٗ‫ كال أػظوي أ‬,ّٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬ٚ‫ـ‬٣ٞ‫ظْ طظ‬٣ ُْ ُٞ" ,‫" هخٍ ٓخرض‬.‫غ‬٣َٓ ٚٗ‫خ رؤ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫٘خ إٔ ٗوزَ شؼذ‬٤ِ‫"ػ‬
ٙ‫ى‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ١ٌُ‫ ح‬,‫ش‬٤‫ٓؼظْ حُـ‬ٝ .ّٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬َٙ‫خ ط٘ظظ‬ًِٜ ‫ُش‬ٝ‫ "حُي‬,‫ٌُٖ ُٔخًح؟" كوخٍ ٓخرض‬ٝ" ,ٚ‫" كٔؤُظ‬.‫ حإلؽالم‬٠ِ‫ًُي ػ‬
".‫ح ٓؼيحء رٌُي‬ٌٞٗٞ٣ ُٖ ْٜٗ‫ ا‬,‫ؼخ‬٣‫ظَهذ أ‬٣ ,ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫حُي‬

"We must tell everyone what's happened and make the most of it," said Fritz, getting
up to leave. Sapt stopped him. "Do you think that he was poisoned?" he asked me.
"Yes, I do," I answered. "Then who did it?" "It must have been Duke Michael!"
Fritz said angrily. "Yes, he did this so that his brother cannot be crowned,"
continued Sapt. "You don't know what the Duke is like, do you, Rassendyll? If
Rudolf doesn't become King, Duke Michael will take the crown." We all sat in silence
while we thought about what we could do. Then Sapt suddenly stood up. "I have an
idea! It was lucky that we met you yesterday," he said excitedly, looking at me,
"because you can go to Strelsau to be crowned!"

‫ ٓخرض‬ٚ‫هل‬ٝ‫" كؤ‬.‫ٗٔظـَ ًُي ُظخُل٘خ‬ٝ ‫غ رٔخ كيع‬٤ٔ‫ـذ إٔ ٗوزَ حُـ‬٣" ,‫غ حٓظؼيحىح ُِٔـخىٍس‬ٜ٘٣ ٞٛٝ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫هخٍ ك‬
‫ كؼَ ًُي؟" كؤؿخد‬١ٌُ‫ "اًح ٖٓ ح‬,ٍ‫ كظٔخء‬,‫ أػظوي ًُي‬٢٘ٗ‫ رؤ‬ٚ‫؟" كؤؿزظ‬ُٚ ُْٔ‫ طْ ىّ ح‬ٚٗ‫َ طؼظوي أ‬ٛ" ,٢ُ٘‫ ٓؤ‬١ٌُ‫ح‬
‫ أٗض‬.ٚ٤‫ؾ أه‬٣ٞ‫ٌٖٔ طظ‬٣ ‫ ال‬٠‫ كؼَ ًُي كظ‬ٚٗ‫ ا‬,ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬,‫" كخٓظطَى ٓخرض هخثال‬.ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ي حُي‬٤ً‫ رخُظؤ‬ٚٗ‫ "ا‬,‫ظِ ؿخػزخ‬٣َ‫ك‬
٠ِ‫ٌَ ػ‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ حُي‬٢ُٞ‫ٔظ‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٔ‫ ك‬,‫ُق ٌِٓخ‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ‫ظزق‬٣ ُْ ُٞ ‫ْ ًٌُي؟‬٤ُ‫ أ‬,ٍ‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫خ ٍح‬٣ ‫م‬ٝ‫ش حُي‬٤‫ال طؼَف شوظ‬
١‫ "ػ٘ي‬,٢ُ َ‫٘ظ‬٣ ٞٛٝ ّ‫هخٍ رلٔخ‬ٝ ‫غ ٓخرض كـؤس‬ٜٗ ْ‫ ػ‬.ِٚٔ‫ٌٔ٘٘خ ػ‬٣ ‫ٔخ‬٤‫ٖ ٗلٌَ ك‬٤‫ؼخ طخٓظ‬٤ٔ‫" ؿِٔ٘خ ؿ‬.‫حُظخؽ‬
"!‫ـي‬٣ٞ‫ظْ طظ‬٣ ٢ٌُ ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ٌٛ‫غ إٔ ط‬٤‫ ألٗي طٔظط‬,ْٓ‫ ُوي ًخٕ ٖٓ كٖٔ حُلع إٔ ٗوخرِي رخأل‬.‫كٌَس‬

"Me? That's impossible!" I laughed. "People would realise that I'm not the King!
And don't forget that I'm English!" "It would be easy to forget that," said Fritz,
"because your German's perfect. And if we dress you in different clothes, no one will
know." "If you don't go to Strelsau, Duke Michael will be King tonight, and the King
will either be dead or in prison," said Sapt. "I understand what you're saying, but
the King would never forgive me if I..." "Our country needs this!" cried Sapt.
Standing up, I walked round the room in silence. The clock ticked sixty times, then
seventy, eighty. I looked at the poor King lying on the floor and realised I had no
choice. Sapt clearly read my expression, because he smiled even before I said quietly,
"Very well, I'll go."
ٖٓ" ,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫" كوخٍ ك‬.١ِ٤ِ‫ اٗـ‬٢٘ٗ‫ أ‬٠ٔ٘‫ال ط‬ٝ ,‫ ُٔضُ حُِٔي‬٢٘ٗ‫الكع حُ٘خّ أ‬٤ٓ .َ٤‫ٌح ٓٔظل‬ٛ ‫ "أٗخ؟‬,‫هِضُ ػخكٌخ‬
ٍ‫" هخ‬.‫ؼَف أكي‬٣ ُٖ ,‫اًح هٔ٘خ ربُزخٓي ٓالرْ ٓوظِلش‬ٝ ,‫ش ٓٔظخُس‬٤ٗ‫حُطَف ػٖ ًُي ألٕ ُـظي حألُٔخ‬
ْ ‫َ إٔ ٗـغ‬ُٜٔ‫ح‬
٢‫ ك‬ٚ‫ظْ حُِؽ ر‬٣ ٝ‫ص أ‬ٞٔ٣ ٕ‫حُِٔي آخ أ‬ٝ ,‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ٌَ ٌِٓخ ح‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ظزق حُي‬٤ٓ ,ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ٌٛ‫ ُْ ط‬ُٞ" ,‫ٓخرض‬
‫ "إ رِيٗخ طلظخؽ‬,‫" كظَم ٓخرض ٓوخؽؼخ‬...‫ حُِٔي ٓطِوخ اًح‬٢ُ َ‫ـل‬٣ ُٖ ٌُٖٝ ,ٕ‫ال‬ٞ‫ْ ٓخ طو‬ٜ‫ "أٗخ ٓظل‬,‫" كوِض‬.ٖ‫حُٔـ‬
٠ُ‫طَ حُؼيى ا‬ٝ ْ‫ ػ‬,‫ٖ َٓس‬٤‫خ ٓظ‬ٜ‫ أطيٍص ٓخػش حُلخثؾ طٌخط‬.‫ طٔض‬٢‫ أٗلخء حُلـَس ك‬٢‫ضُ ك‬٤‫ٓش‬ٝ , ُ‫هلض‬ٞ‫" ك‬.‫ًُي‬
َ٤‫ هَأ ٓخرض طؼز‬.َ‫َ خه‬٣‫ ري‬٢ٓ‫ْ أٓخ‬٤ُ ٚٗ‫أىًٍضُ أ‬ٝ ‫ حألٍع‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬٠‫ٖ حُِٔو‬٤ٌُٔٔ‫ حُِٔي ح‬٠ُ‫ ٗظَصُ ا‬.ٖ٤ٗ‫ كؼٔخ‬,ٖ٤‫ٓزؼ‬
".‫ذ‬ًٛ‫ ٓؤ‬,‫ "كٔ٘خ ؿيح‬,‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ٍ ر‬ٞ‫ هزَ إٔ أه‬٠‫ حرظْٔ كظ‬ٚٗ‫ف أل‬ٞ‫ػ‬ٞ‫ ر‬٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 17 Mohamed Morsi
"We won't wait for Michael's guards but leave for Strelsau at once," said Sapt. "We
can hide the King in the cellar so when the guards arrive they'll think no one's here,"
said Sapt. "What if they search the building?" asked Fritz. "Josef will say the
hunting lodge is empty," said Sapt. "This is our only chance." "How will we get the
King to Strelsau?" I asked. "Tonight we sleep in the palace," said Sapt. "As soon as
we are alone in the King's bedroom, you and I will leave and come back here on our
horses. Fritz can stay and guard the King's bedroom in the palace, and I will tell
Josef to get the King ready for the journey back. The King will then return to the
palace with me in the dark. Meanwhile, you will ride as fast as you can to the border
and try to leave the country before it's light. Do we all agree on this plan?" "I agree,"
I said. "It's a good plan," said Fritz.

‫غ‬٤‫ رل‬,ٞ‫ حُوز‬٢‫ٌٖٔ إٔ ٗوزت حُِٔي ك‬٣ .ٍ‫ حُلخ‬٢‫ ك‬ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ رَ ٓ٘ـخىٍ ا‬,ٌَ٣‫ "ُٖ ٗ٘ظظَ كَحّ ٓخ‬,‫هخٍ ٓخرض‬
,‫؟" كوخٍ ٓخرض‬٠٘‫ش حُٔز‬٤‫ح رظلظ‬ٞٓ‫ هخ‬ُٞ ‫ "ٓخًح‬,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ك‬ُٚ‫" كٔؤ‬.‫٘خ‬ٛ ‫ؿي أكي‬ٞ٣ ‫ ال‬ٚٗ‫ٕ أ‬ٝ‫ؼظوي‬٣ ّ‫ظَ حُلَح‬٣ ‫ػ٘يٓخ‬
‫ق ٓ٘ؤهٌ حُِٔي‬٤ً" , ُ‫" كٔؤُض‬.‫يس‬٤‫ك‬ُٞ‫ كَطظ٘خ ح‬٢ٛ ٌٙٛ .‫ي‬٤‫م حُظ‬ًٞ ٢‫ؿي أكي ك‬ٞ٣ ‫ ال‬ٚٗ‫ق أ‬٣ُٞ‫ْ ؿ‬ُٜ ٍٞ‫و‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ"
‫أٗض‬ٝ ‫ أٗخ‬,‫ّ حُِٔي‬ٞٗ ‫ كـَس‬٢‫رٔـَى إٔ ٗظزق رٔلَىٗخ ك‬ٝ َ‫ حُوظ‬٢‫ضُ ك‬٤‫ ٗز‬,‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ "ح‬,‫؟" كوخٍ ٓخرض‬ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ا‬
ٕ‫ق أ‬٣ُٞ‫أٗخ ٓؤرِؾ ؿ‬ٝ ,‫ّ حُِٔي‬ٞٗ ‫لَّ كـَس‬٤ُ َ‫ حُوظ‬٢‫ ك‬٠‫زو‬٤ٓ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ك‬.َ٤‫َ حُو‬ٜ‫ ظ‬٠ِ‫٘خ ػ‬ٛ ٠ُ‫ٖ ا‬٣‫ٗـخىٍ ػخثي‬
‫حى‬ٞ‫ أٗض حُـ‬٢‫ طٔظط‬,‫ حألػ٘خء‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ك‬ٝ .َ‫ حُوظ‬٠ُ‫ حُظالّ ا‬٢‫ ك‬٢‫ى حُِٔي ٓؼ‬ٞ‫ؼ‬٤ٓ ‫ رؼي ًُي‬.‫ىس‬ٞ‫ِ حُِٔي َُكِش حُؼ‬ٜ‫ـ‬٣
ٌٙٛ ٠ِ‫ٕ ػ‬ٞ‫حكو‬ٞٓ ‫ؼخ‬٤ٔ‫َ ٗلٖ ؿ‬ٛ .ٍ‫خ‬ُٜ٘‫ع ح‬ِٞ‫ٍ إٔ طـخىٍ حُزِي هزَ ؽ‬ٝ‫طلخ‬ٝ ‫ى‬ٝ‫ حُلي‬٠ُ‫ٌٔ٘ي ُظظَ ا‬٣ ‫رؤَٓع ٓخ‬
".‫يس‬٤‫خ هطش ؿ‬ٜٗ‫ "ا‬,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫هخٍ ك‬ٝ ,‫حكن‬ٞٓ ٢٘ٗ‫ أ‬ُٚ ‫حُوطش؟" كوِض‬

Sapt and Fritz picked up the King and began to carry him out of the room, but we
realised we were being watched by Johann's mother, who looked at us with a strange
expression before walking off. "I think she heard us," said Sapt. "After we've moved
the King, I'll speak to her." Meanwhile, Josef began to dress me in some of the King's
clothes. When Fritz returned, he looked at me and said, "You know, I think we can
do this." "What happened to Johann's mother?" I asked. "She's locked in the cellar
with the King," said Fritz. "Josef will let her out later, after Michael's gone. But I'm
sure, when they find that the King is not here, Michael will realise we know about his
plan." "Let's go," said Sapt, returning into the room. "Is all safe here?" asked Fritz.
"No, nothing's safe anywhere, but we must do our best," answered Sapt.
‫ٗظَص ُ٘خ‬ٝ ‫خٕ ًخٗض طَحهز٘خ‬ٛٞ‫حُيس ؿ‬ٝ ٕ‫ٌُ٘٘خ أىًٍ٘خ أ‬ٝ ,‫ هخٍؽ حُلـَس‬٠ُ‫ ا‬ِٚٔ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ظِ هخٓخ رَكغ حُِٔي‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ٓخرض‬
‫ف أطليع‬ٞٓ ,‫ّ ر٘وَ حُِٔي‬ٞ‫ رؼي إٔ ٗو‬.‫خ ٓٔؼظ٘خ‬ٜٗ‫ "أػظوي أ‬,‫ هخٍ ٓخرض‬.‫ذ هزَ إٔ ط٘ظَف‬٣َ‫َ ؿ‬٤‫خ طؼز‬ٜٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ
,ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ٢ُ‫ ٗظَ ا‬,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ػ٘يٓخ ػخى ك‬.‫ حٍطيحء رؼغ ٓالرْ حُِٔي‬٢‫ ك‬٢ٗ‫ٔخػي‬٣ ‫ق‬٣ُٞ‫ ريأ ؿ‬,‫ حألػ٘خء‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫" ك‬.‫خ‬ٜ‫ٓؼ‬
‫طِن‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ .‫ ٓغ حُِٔي‬ٞ‫ حُوز‬٢‫خ ك‬ُٛ‫ "طْ حكظـخ‬,ٍ‫خٕ؟" كوخ‬ٛٞ‫حُيس ؿ‬ُٞ ‫ "ٓخًح كيع‬,ٚ‫" كٔؤُظ‬.‫"أػظوي أٗ٘خ ٓ٘٘ـق‬
‫ُيٍى‬٤ٓ ,‫٘خ‬ٛ ‫ى‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ٞٓ َ٤‫ح إٔ حُِٔي ؿ‬ٝ‫ـي‬٣ ‫ْ ػ٘يٓخ‬ٜٗ‫ ٓظؤًي أ‬٢ٌُ٘ٝ .ٌَ٣‫ رؼي ٓـخىٍس ٓخ‬,‫ٔخ رؼي‬٤‫خ ك‬ٜ‫ق َٓحك‬٣ُٞ‫ؿ‬
ٖٓ‫ت خ‬٤‫َ ًَ ش‬ٛ" ,ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ك‬ُٚ‫" كٔؤ‬.ٍ‫خ ر٘خ ٗـخى‬٤ٛ" ,‫ حُلـَس‬٠ُ‫" هخٍ ٓخرض ػ٘يٓخ ػخى ا‬.ٚ‫ٌَ أٗ٘ خ ٗؼَف هطظ‬٣‫ٓخ‬
".‫يٗخ‬ٜ‫ ؿ‬ٍٟ‫٘خ رٌٍ هظخ‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ٌُٖٝ ,ٕ‫ ٌٓخ‬١‫ أ‬٢‫ت خٖٓ ك‬٤‫ ال ش‬,‫ "ال‬,‫٘خ؟" كؤؿخد ٓخرض‬ٛ

We were now all in uniforms and set off on horses. It was a cool morning and Sapt
immediately began to tell me the history of the King's life: of his family, likes,
interests, weaknesses, friends and servants. He told me how I should behave in the
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palace and said he would always be at my side to tell me who the people were that I
met. Soon we reached the station. Fritz told the surprised-looking station guard that
the King had changed his plans, and we got on the train to the capital. I looked at my
watch – or I should say, the King's watch – and asked Fritz if he thought Duke
Michael had found the King. "I hope not," said Fritz. After a short time we passed
the towers and buildings of the capital and I could see we were near the station.

٢ٌ‫ل‬٣ ٍٞ‫ حُل‬٠ِ‫ريأ ٓخرض ػ‬ٝ ,‫ ًخٕ طزخكخ رخٍىح‬.َ٤‫َ حُو‬ٜ‫ ظ‬٠ِ‫ريأٗخ حَُكِش ػ‬ٝ ,٢َُٔٓ‫ ح‬١ُِ‫ ح‬١‫ٕ َٗطي‬٥‫ؼخ ح‬٤ٔ‫ً٘خ ؿ‬
٢َٗ‫أهز‬ٝ .ٚٓ‫هي‬ٝ ٚ‫أطيهخث‬ٝ ٚ‫ٗوخؽ ػؼل‬ٝ ٚ‫ظٔخٓخط‬ٛ‫ح‬ٝ ‫خ‬ٜ‫لز‬٣ ٢‫خء حُظ‬٤‫حألش‬ٝ ٚ‫ ػٖ ػخثِظ‬٢ُ ٠ٌ‫ ك‬.‫خس حُِٔي‬٤‫ هظش ك‬٢ُ
.ِْٜ‫ف أهخر‬ٞٓ ٖ٣ٌُ‫ ػٖ حألشوخص ح‬٢٘‫ليػ‬٤ُ ١ٍ‫ح‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬٠ُ‫ٕ ىحثٔخ ا‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ٚٗ‫هخٍ أ‬ٝ ,َ‫ حُوظ‬٢‫ـذ إٔ أطظَف ك‬٣ ‫ق‬٤ً
ٍ‫ حُوطخ‬٠ُ‫طؼيٗخ ا‬ٝ ,ٚ‫َ هطط‬٤‫شخ إٔ حُِٔي هي ؿ‬ٛ‫ ريح ٓ٘ي‬١ٌُ‫ظِ ُلخٍّ حُٔلطش ح‬٣َ‫ هخٍ ك‬.‫ حُٔلطش‬٠ُ‫طِ٘خ ا‬ٝ ,‫ؼخ‬٣َٓ
‫م‬ٝ‫ؼظوي إٔ حُي‬٣ ٕ‫ظِ اًح ًخ‬٣َ‫ٓؤُض ك‬ٝ ,‫ ٓخػش حُِٔي‬٢‫ٍ ك‬ٞ‫ـذ إٔ أه‬٣ ٝ‫ أ‬,٢‫ ٓخػظ‬٢‫ ٗظَصُ ك‬.‫ حُؼخطٔش‬٠ُ‫ٖ ا‬٤ٜ‫ٓظـ‬
ُ‫ض‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ ‫ حُؼخطٔش‬٢ٗ‫ٓزخ‬ٝ ‫َ ٍَٓٗخ رؤرَحؽ‬٤‫هض هظ‬ٝ ‫" رؼي‬.‫ٕ هي كيع ًُي‬ٌٞ٣ ‫ أال‬٠٘ٔ‫ "أط‬,ٍ‫ كوخ‬,‫ؿي حُِٔي‬ٝ ‫ٌَ هي‬٣‫ٓخ‬
.‫أٗ٘خ ً٘خ ٗوظَد ٖٓ حُٔلطش‬

"How are you feeling?" asked Sapt. "Nervous," I replied. "I'm not made of stone,
you know." "You'll be fine. But we are an hour earlier than they expect, so there'll
be no one to meet us. We must send word to the palace. So meanwhile ... "
"Meanwhile, I'll have some breakfast!" I cried. "The King is hungry!" Sapt smiled
at me, then took my hand. "Let's hope we're all alive tonight." The train stopped and
I breathed deeply as we stepped out onto the station at Strelsau. A moment later and
everything was suddenly busy: men ran up to us, then ran away again, soldiers rode
off on horses, other men showed me to the station restaurant. As I ate my breakfast, I
could hear music and people cheering "God save the King!" in preparation for the
coronation. "God save both Kings," said Sapt.
‫ٌُ٘٘خ‬ٝ .ّ‫َح‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ٕ ػ‬ٌٞ‫ "ٓظ‬,ٍ‫" كوخ‬.ّ‫ى‬ٝ ْ‫ كؤٗخ رشَ ٖٓ ُل‬.َ‫ط‬ٞ‫ "ٓظ‬,‫ٕ؟" كوِض‬٥‫ٍى ح‬ٞ‫ شؼ‬ٞٛ ‫ "ٓخ‬,‫ ٓخرض‬٢ُ٘‫ٓؤ‬
٠ُ‫ُ٘خ ا‬ٞ‫ط‬ٞ‫خ ر‬ٜ٤‫ـذ إٔ ََٗٓ ط٘ز‬٣ .‫ حٓظوزخُ٘خ‬٢‫٘خى أكي ك‬ٛ ٌٕٞ٣ ِٖ‫ ٌُُي ك‬,ٚٗٞ‫هؼ‬ٞ‫ظ‬٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫طِ٘خ ٓخػش ٓزٌَح ػٔخ ًخ‬ٝ
٢ُ ْٔ‫" حرظ‬.ٕ‫ػخ‬ٞ‫ حُِٔي ؿ‬.ٍ‫ٍ حإلكطخ‬ٝ‫ ٓؤط٘خ‬,‫ حألػ٘خء‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ "ك‬,‫ ٓوخؽؼخ‬ٚ٤‫" كظَهضُ ك‬... ‫ حألػ٘خء‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ك‬ٝ ,َ‫حُوظ‬
‫٘ٔخ‬٤‫وخ ر‬٤ٔ‫أهٌصُ ٗلٔخ ػ‬ٝ ٍ‫هق حُوطخ‬ٞ‫" ط‬.ّٞ٤ُ‫خس ح‬٤‫ي حُل‬٤‫ ه‬٠ِ‫ؼخ ػ‬٤ٔ‫ٕ ؿ‬ٌٞٗ ٕ‫ "ىػ٘خ ٗؤَٓ أ‬,‫ هخثال‬١‫ي‬٣ ‫أٓٔي‬ٝ ,‫ٓخرض‬
‫ٗخ‬ٞ‫ ٍؿخٍ ٗل‬َٟ‫ ؿ‬,‫ت رخُلًَش‬٤ِٓ ‫ت‬٤‫حكيس أطزق ًَ ش‬ٝ ‫وش‬٤‫ رؼي ًُي ريه‬.ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫ حُٔلطش ك‬٠ُ‫ ُِوخٍؽ ا‬ٞ‫ً٘خ ٗوط‬
ٍٝ‫أػ٘خء ط٘خ‬ٝ .‫ ٓطؼْ حُٔلطش‬٠ُ‫ٕ ا‬َٝ‫ ٍؿخٍ خه‬٢٘‫ٍحكو‬ٝ ,‫ح‬ٝ‫حرظؼي‬ٝ ُْٜٞ٤‫ىح ه‬ٞ٘‫ ؿ‬٠‫ حٓظط‬,َٟ‫ٖ َٓس أه‬٣‫ح ٓزظؼي‬َٝ‫ػْ ؿ‬
ٍ‫ هخ‬.‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ٕ ُللَ حُظظ‬ٝ‫ٔظؼي‬٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫ ًخ‬,"‫ "كلع هللا حُِٔي‬,ٖ٤ِ‫ٕ هخث‬ٞ‫ظل‬ٜ٣ ‫أشوخص‬ٝ ٠‫و‬٤ٓٞٓ ‫حص‬ٞ‫ ٓٔؼضُ أط‬,١ٍ‫اكطخ‬
".ٖ٤ٌُِٔ‫ "كلع هللا ًِال ح‬,‫ٓخرض‬

When we left the restaurant, we saw that a group of soldiers had arrived to welcome
us. It was led by a tall old man whose jacket was covered in medals. "That is Marshal
Strakencz," said Sapt, so that I knew who he was: a very important person in the
army. The Marshal greeted me and said he was sorry that the Duke could not meet
me at the station but that he would see me shortly. I answered as politely and
formally as I could, and began to feel less nervous when no one seemed to realise that
I was not the real King. But I saw that Fritz was still very nervous when he shook the
Marshal's hand.
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,‫َ ٓ٘خ‬٤‫ًز‬ٝ َ٣ٞ‫ػش ٍؿَ ؽ‬ٞٔ‫ ًخٕ هخثي حُٔـ‬.‫ذ ر٘خ‬٤‫ح ُِظَك‬ِٞ‫ط‬ٝ ٖ٣ٌُ‫ى ح‬ٞ٘‫ػش ٖٓ حُـ‬ٞٔ‫٘خ ٓـ‬٣‫ ٍأ‬,ْ‫ػ٘ي ٓـخىٍس حُٔطؼ‬
‫ْ ؿيح‬ٜٓ ‫ شوض‬ٚٗ‫" ا‬.‫ حُٔخٍشخٍ ٓظَحً٘ظش‬ٞٛ ‫ٌح‬ٛ" ,ٞٛ ٖٓ ‫ أػَف‬٢ٌُ ‫ هخٍ ٓخرض‬.‫حؽ‬ٞٗ‫ طٔظِت رخأل‬ٚ‫ٓظَط‬ ُ ‫ًخٗض‬ٝ
.‫زخ‬٣َ‫ ه‬٢ِ٘‫وخر‬٤ٓ ٚٗ‫هخٍ أ‬ٝ ,‫ حُٔلطش‬٢‫ ك‬٢ُ‫ظٌٖٔ ٖٓ حٓظوزخ‬٣ ُْ ‫م‬ٝ‫ ألٕ حُي‬٢ُ ٌٍ‫حػظ‬ٝ ٢‫ظ‬٤‫ هخّ حُٔخٍشخٍ رظل‬.‫ش‬٤‫ حُـ‬٢‫ك‬
‫ شوض هي أىٍى‬١‫ إٔ أ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ ُْ ‫طَح ػ٘يٓخ‬ٞ‫ أهَ ط‬٢٘ٗ‫ريأص أشؼَ رؤ‬ٝ ,٢‫ش هيٍ حٓظطخػظ‬٤ٍٔٓٝ ‫ٌرش‬ٜٓ ‫وش‬٣َ‫ً٘ض أٍى رط‬
.ٍ‫ش ػ٘يٓخ هخّ رٔظخكلش حُٔخٍشخ‬٣‫طَح ُِـخ‬ٞ‫ظِ ًخٕ ٓخُحٍ ٓظ‬٣َ‫ضُ إٔ ك‬٣‫ ٍأ‬٢ٌُ٘ٝ .‫ ُٔض حُِٔي‬٢٘ٗ‫أ‬

The soldiers led us out of the station, where we got onto horses that were waiting
outside. I began to ride through the capital with the Marshal on my right and Sapt on
my left. As we were riding, I saw that the city was partly old and partly new. There
were wide, modem streets where the rich people lived in big houses. These were the
people who had always lived well under the King's father, and who would support
the new King because they knew that nothing would change.

‫ٍ ػزَ حُؼخطٔش‬ٞ‫ ريأصُ أطـ‬.‫ ًخٗض ط٘ظظَ رخُوخٍؽ‬٢‫ٍ حُظ‬ٞ٤‫٘خ حُو‬٤‫ ػْ حٓظط‬,‫ هَؿ٘خ ٖٓ حُٔلطش‬٠‫ى أٓخٓ٘خ كظ‬ٞ٘‫ٓخٍ حُـ‬
ٕ‫٘ش ًخ‬٣‫ضُ إٔ ؿِءح ٖٓ حُٔي‬٣‫ٍ ٍأ‬ٞ٤‫ٍ رخُو‬ٞ‫٘ٔخ ً٘خ ٗظـ‬٤‫ ر‬.١ٍ‫ٔخ‬٣ ٠ِ‫ٓخرض ػ‬ٝ ٢٘٤ٔ٣ ٢ِ‫ًخٕ حُٔخٍشخٍ ػ‬ٝ ,‫ٍحًزخ‬
ْٛ ‫ئالء‬ٛ .‫َس‬٤‫ ٓ٘خٍُ ًز‬٢‫خء ك‬٣َ‫ش حألػ‬٤‫ؼ‬٣ ‫غ‬٤‫ؼش ك‬٣‫حٓؼش كي‬ٝ ‫حٍع‬ٞ‫٘خى ش‬ٛ ‫ ًخٗض‬.‫يح‬٣‫هَ ًخٕ ؿي‬٥‫حُـِء ح‬ٝ ‫ٔخ‬٣‫هي‬
ْٜٗ‫ي أل‬٣‫ٕ حُِٔي حُـي‬ٝ‫ٔخٗي‬٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫ٖ ًخ‬٣ٌُ‫ْ ح‬ٛٝ ,‫حُي حُِٔي‬ٝ ‫ي‬ٜ‫ ػ‬٢‫يس ك‬٤‫خس ؿ‬٤‫ٕ ىحثٔخ ك‬ٞ‫ش‬٤‫ؼ‬٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫ٖ ًخ‬٣ٌُ‫حُ٘خّ ح‬
.‫ت‬٤‫ ش‬١‫ أ‬٢‫َ ك‬٤٤‫ليع طـ‬٣ ُٖ ٚٗ‫ٕ أ‬ٞ‫ؼَك‬٣

But behind the modem streets was a very different area that made up the old town.
Here thousands of people were crowded into tiny houses which were old and hot in
the summer, freezing cold in the winter. These narrow streets were where the city's
many poor people lived, and these people did not want things to stay the same. For
that reason, they did not like the King and supported Duke Michael, who told them
he wanted things to be different and gave them hope for a better future. I knew that
this area would not be very safe for me, the King.

‫الف‬٥‫ٌظع ح‬٣ ٕ‫٘خ ًخ‬ٛ .‫ٔش‬٣‫٘ش حُوي‬٣‫ ًخٗض طٔؼَ حُٔي‬٢‫حُظ‬ٝ ‫٘خى ٓ٘طوش ٓوظِلش طٔخٓخ‬ٛ ‫ؼش ًخٗض‬٣‫حٍع حُلي‬ٞ‫ٌُٖ هِق حُش‬ٝ
.‫ حُشظخء‬٢‫ىس هخٍطش ك‬َٝ‫حُز‬ٝ ‫ق‬٤‫ حُظ‬٢‫خ حُلَحٍس َٓطلؼش ك‬ٜ٤‫ك‬ٝ ‫ٔش‬٣‫ ًخٗض هي‬٢‫حُظ‬ٝ ‫َس ؿيح‬٤‫ ٓ٘خٍُ طـ‬٢‫ٖٓ حُ٘خّ ك‬
٠ِ‫ػخع ػ‬ٝ‫ٕ إٔ طظَ حأل‬ٝ‫ي‬٣َ٣ ‫ح‬ٌٞٗٞ٣ ُْ ّ‫ئالء حُ٘خ‬ٛٝ ,‫َ ٖٓ حُلوَحء‬٤‫وش حٌُؼ‬٤‫حٍع حُؼ‬ٞ‫ حُش‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ٌٖٔ ك‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬
‫ٍ ٓوظِلش‬ٞٓ‫ـؼَ حأل‬٣ ٕ‫ي أ‬٣َ٣ ٚٗ‫ْ أ‬َٛ‫ أهز‬١ٌُ‫ٌَ ح‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ٕ حُي‬ٝ‫ي‬٣‫ئ‬٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫ًخ‬ٝ ‫ح حُِٔي‬ٞ‫لز‬٣ ُْ ْٛ ,‫ٌح حُٔزذ‬ُٜٝ .‫خ‬ُٜ‫كخ‬
.‫ حُِٔي‬٢‫ رظلظ‬,٢ُ ‫ حُٔ٘طوش ُْ طٌٖ خٓ٘ش رخُ٘ٔزش‬ٌٙٛ ٕ‫ ً٘ض أػَف أ‬.َ‫خس أكؼ‬٤‫ ك‬٢‫ْ أٓال ك‬ٛ‫أػطخ‬ٝ

We continued towards a great square where the palace stood. There were coloured
flags and colourful ribbons everywhere and people lined the streets, clapping and
cheering. I waved to them as we passed and people threw flowers down from the
balconies above me. One flower fell on my horse, so I picked it up and stuck it onto
my coat. Seeing me do this, the Marshal looked at me, but I could not tell from his
expression whether he was happy or angry.

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ّ‫ًخٕ حُ٘خ‬ٝ ,ٕ‫ ًَ ٌٓخ‬٢‫ٗش ك‬ِٞٓ ‫شَحثؾ‬ٝ ‫خص‬٣‫٘خى ٍح‬ٛ ‫ ًخٗض‬.َ‫ؿي حُوظ‬ٞ٣ ٕ‫غ ًخ‬٤‫َ ك‬٤‫يحٕ ًز‬٤ٓ ٙ‫َ رخطـخ‬٤ُٔ‫حطِ٘خ ح‬ٝ
ٖٓ ٢‫ه‬ٞ‫ى ك‬ٍُٝٞ‫ٕ رخ‬ٞ‫ِو‬٣ ّ‫ًخٕ حُ٘خ‬ٝ ,‫ٍٗخ‬َٝٓ ‫ أػ٘خء‬١‫ي‬٤‫ْ ر‬ُٜ ُ‫كض‬ُٞ ّ .ٕٞ‫ظل‬ٜ٣ٝ ٕٞ‫ظلو‬٣ ‫حٍع‬ٞ‫ حُش‬٢‫ٕ ك‬ٞ‫ظطل‬٣
٢ٗ‫ ػ٘يٓخ ٍخ‬٢ُ‫ا‬
ّ ٍ‫ ٗظَ حُٔخٍشخ‬.٢‫ ٓؼطل‬٢‫خ ك‬ٜ‫ظ‬٤‫هٔضُ رظؼز‬ٝ ‫خ‬ٜ‫ كخُظوطظ‬,٢ٗ‫ ُكظخ‬٠ِ‫ى ػ‬ٍُٝٞ‫ ح‬ٟ‫ ٓوطض اكي‬.‫حُشَُكخص‬
.‫يح أّ ؿخػزخ‬٤‫ اًح ًخٕ ٓؼ‬ٜٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ َ٤‫ ُْ أٓظطغ إٔ أكيى ٖٓ هالٍ طؼز‬٢ٌُ٘ٝ ,‫أكؼَ ًُي‬
Nevertheless, I smiled happily at the Marshal. I have written "happily" but that is
really how I felt. The truth is, at that moment, I really believed that I was actually the
King. I looked up and laughed, delighted to see so much colour and so many happy
faces. Then I looked again in surprise: there, on a balcony above me, was the proud
smile of the traveller on the train, Antoinette de Mauban. As she stared at me, her
expression changed. Surely she knew who I was. Surely she would call out, "That is
not the real King!"

.‫ كوخ‬٢٘‫ حٗظخر‬١ٌُ‫ حإلكٔخّ ح‬ٞٛ ‫ٌح‬ٛ ٕ‫ ًظزضُ ًِٔش "رٔؼخىس" ٌُٖ ًخ‬.‫ حرظٔٔضُ ُِٔخٍشخٍ رٔؼخىس‬,‫ٍؿْ ًُي‬ٝ
‫ٌح‬ٛ ‫ش‬٣‫ٍح َُإ‬َٝٔٓ ‫ ً٘ض‬,‫ػلٌض‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ ألػ‬١َ‫ ٍكؼضُ رظ‬.َ‫ حُِٔي رخُلؼ‬٢٘ٗ‫ طِي حُِلظش طيّهضُ أ‬٢‫ ك‬٢٘ٗ‫ أ‬٢ٛ ‫وش‬٤‫كخُلو‬
ٟ‫ اكي‬٢‫٘خى ك‬ٜ‫ ك‬,‫شخ‬ٛ‫ ٓ٘ي‬َٟ‫ ػْ ٗظَصُ َٓس أه‬.‫يس‬٤‫ حُٔؼ‬ٙٞ‫ؿ‬ُٞ‫َ ٖٓ ح‬٤‫ٌح حُؼيى حٌُز‬ٛٝ ٕ‫ح‬ُٞ‫خثَ ٖٓ حأل‬ُٜ‫حٌُْ ح‬
َ٤‫ طـ‬,٢‫ ػ٘يٓخ كيّهض ك‬.ٕ‫رخ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ أٗط‬,ٍ‫ حُوطخ‬٢‫ ًخٗض ك‬٢‫حػوش ُِٔٔخكَس حُظ‬ُٞ‫ضُ حالرظٔخٓش ح‬٣‫ ٍأ‬,‫ش‬٤ُ‫حُشَُكخص حُؼخ‬
".٢‫و‬٤‫ حُِٔي حُلو‬ٞٛ ْ٤ُ ‫ٌح‬ٛ" ,‫ي ًخٗض ٓظظَم هخثِش‬٤ً‫ رخُظؤ‬,٢‫وظ‬٤‫ي ػَكض كو‬٤ً‫ رخُظؤ‬.‫خ‬ٜٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ َ٤‫طؼز‬

Questions with model Answers

1- What slight differences did Rudolf Rassendyll notice between him

and the king of Ruritania?
He noticed that the king’s mouth was less wide and Rudolf’s face was a
little thinner.
2- Why did the king of Ruritania seem surprised to see Rudolf
Rassendyll?
The king of Ruritania seemed surprised to see Rudolf Rassendyll because
Rudolf Rassendyll looked exactly the same as him.
3- What would Duke Michael think if he saw Rudolf Rassendyll and
the king together?
He would be so amazed and he wouldn’t believe it.

4- Why wasn’t it a good idea for Rudolf Rassendyll to go to Strelsau

according to Fritz von Tarlenheim?
It wasn’t a good idea for Rudolf Rassendyll to go to Strelsau because he
looked exactly like the king and that may cause problems for Rudolf and
for the King.
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 5- Where was the king staying in the forest?
He was staying in the place his brother Michael used for hunting. (In the
hunting lodge)

6- Who was Josef?

He was a servant to the king of Ruritania.
7- Where did the king and Rudolf Rassendyll have dinner together?
They had dinner together in the hunting lodge.

8- What did the King's servant bring him at the end of his meal?
He brought the king some cakes.

9- How did Colonel Sapt wake Rudolf Rassendyll up?

The next morning in the hunting lodge, the Colonel threw water over him.

10- Why couldn't Colonel Sapt and Fritz wake up the king the next
morning in the hunting lodge?
It seemed that the king had been drugged or poisoned by the cakes he ate
the night before.

11- The cakes that the king ate in the hunting lodge had a very bad
effect on him. Explain.
a- His face was red and he was breathing heavily. ‫رش‬ٞ‫ظ٘لْ رظؼ‬٣
b- His pulse was weak and slow. ‫ء‬٢‫رط‬ٝ ‫ق‬٤‫حُ٘زغ ػؼ‬

12- Why was it difficult to bring a doctor to help the king?

It was difficult to bring the doctor to help the king because there was no
doctor for 15 kilometers and even a thousand doctors wouldn't make him
better that day as he was too ill.

13- According to Colonel Sapt, what would happen if Rudolf Elphberg

wasn't crowned on the specified day?
He wouldn't ever be the king.

14- What would happen if Duke Michael managed to take the crown?
Rudolf Elphberg (the king) would either be dead or in prison.

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 15- What did Colonel Sapt suggest to prevent Duke Michael from
taking the crown?
He said that Rudolf Rassendyll could go to Strelsau to be crowned as he
was exactly like the king.

16- At first, Rudolf Rassendyll objected to replacing the king for two
reasons. What were they?
a- People would realise that he wasn't the king.
b- He was English. / He wasn't a Ruritanian.

17- Why was Rudolf Rassendyll the ideal person to replace the king?
He looked exactly like the king. His German was perfect.
18- Why did Fritz and Colonel Sapt hide the king in the cellar of the
hunting lodge?
The king was unconscious and they didn't want Duke Michael's guards to
find him.
19- What was Colonel Sapt's plan to get the ill king back to the palace?
Sapt, Fritz and Rudolf Rassendyll would go to the palace. Sapt and Rudolf
would go back to the hunting lodge to bring the king while Fritz would stay
in the palace to guard the king's bedroom. Then Rudolf would leave the
country.
20- What was Johann's mother job?
She was a servant of the Duke.
21- Why was Johann's mother locked in the cellar with the king?
She was locked in the cellar because she overheard Colonel Sapt's plan to
rescue the king.
22- Why didn't Fritz and Sapt eat very much in the hunting lodge?
They didn't eat very much because they had to get up early to go to Zenda
and bring soldiers to take the king to the station.

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 23- What did Colonel Sapt advise the King to do concerning dinner in
the hunting lodge? Why?
He advised him not to eat too much because they had to leave early the
next day.

24- Why wasn't Rassendyll as sick as the King?

He ate only one of the poisonous cakes, but the King ate a lot.

25- Do you think that Rassendyll really had no choice about replacing
the King? Why? Why not?
I think he had no choice as he looked exactly like the King and the King
was too ill to go to the coronation.

26- What things did Sapt tell Rudolf Rassendyll about the King on
their way to the palace?
He told him about the history of the King's life, of his family, likes,
interests, weaknesses, friends and servants.

27- Why did Sapt, Fritz and Rudolf Rassendyll go to the station early
instead of waiting for Duke Michael's guards?
They went to the station early because they wanted Duke Michael's guards
to believe that there was no one in the hunting lodge.

28- What did Fritz tell the station guard to justify their early coming to
the station?
He told him that the King had changed his plans.

29- What was the first thing Fritz, Sapt and Rudolf Rassendyll did
when they reached the capital?
They had breakfast at the station restaurant.

30- Who was Marshal Strakencz?

He was an important person in the Ruritanian army.

31- What kind of life did rich people live in the capital of Strelsau?
They lived a comfortable life in big houses built in wide, modern streets.

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 32-What kind of life did poor people live in Strelsau?
They lived a hard life. People were crowded into tiny houses which were old
and hot in summer, freezing cold in winter. The streets were narrow.

33- Who did the rich of Strelsau support: the King or Duke Michael?
Why?
They supported the King as they had always lived well under the King's
father and they knew that nothing would change.
34- Who did the poor people of Strelsau support: the King or Duke
Michael? Why?
They supported Duke Michael. They didn't like the King as they didn't want
things to stay the same. Duke Michael told them he wanted things to be
different and gave them hope for a better future.

35- What did Rudolf Rassendyll think when he saw Antoinette de

Mauban staring at him in Strelsau?
He thought she recognized him and would tell everyone that he wasn't the
real King.

36- Why did Fritz feel very nervous when he shook Marshal Strakencz's
hand?
He was afraid that the Marshal might discover that Rudolf Rassendyll wasn't
the real King.
37- What else do you think Fritz and Sapt could have done instead of
having Rudolf Rassendyll replace the King?
They could have brought the sick King to the capital and told people about
Duke Michael's plan to take the throne.
Chapter 3
Dressed as the King of Ruritania, I rode on through the streets of Strelsau towards
the palace, expecting to hear Antoinette de Mauban tell everyone that I was not
really the King. Yet I heard no one calling out, and I did not look back. Perhaps she
had not recognised me after all. I heard Marshal Strakencz give an order to his men
and we suddenly entered a poor part of the town where the people were loyal to Duke
Michael. "Why have we changed our route?" I asked the Marshal. "It's better this
way," he explained. Surely this way, however, was into a part of town where the

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 25 Mohamed Morsi

people supported Duke Michael? How could this be a better way for the King? I
stopped my horse and thought carefully.

٠ُ‫خ ا‬ٜ‫ ٓظـ‬َُٞٔ‫حٍع حُؼخطٔش ٓظ‬ٞ‫ ش‬٢‫حى ك‬ٞ‫ َٓص ٍحًزخ حُـ‬، ‫خ‬٤٘‫ظ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ ِٓي‬٢٘ٗ‫ًؤ‬ٝ ‫خ‬٣ُ ‫خ‬٣‫ً٘ض َٓطي‬
‫جخ ٖٓ ًُي‬٤‫ليع ش‬٣ ُْ ٌُٖ .٢‫و‬٤‫ ُٔض حُِٔي حُلو‬٢٘ٗ‫غ أ‬٤ٔ‫رخٕ طوزَ حُـ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗٞ‫هؼخ إٔ حٓٔغ حٗظ‬ٞ‫ً٘ض ٓظ‬ٝ َ‫حُوظ‬
ٖٓ ‫كـؤس ىهِ٘خ ٓ٘طوش‬ٝ ُٚ‫ أَٓح َُؿخ‬٢‫ؼط‬٣ ‫َ ٓظَحً٘ظش‬٤‫ ٓٔؼض حُٔش‬.٢ِ‫ ٍرٔخ ُْ طظؼَف ػ‬. ٢‫ ٌُح ُْ حٗظَ هِل‬،
."‫ظ٘خ؟‬ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ َ٤٤‫َ "ُٔخًح هٔ٘خ رظـ‬٤‫ ٓؤُض حُٔش‬.ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ٖ ُِي‬٤ُ‫ح‬ٞٓ ‫٘خى‬ٛ ّ‫غ ًخٕ حُ٘خ‬٤‫ش ك‬٤‫ريحث‬ٝ ‫َس‬٤‫٘ش كو‬٣‫حُٔي‬
‫٘ش‬٣‫ٌح حُـِء ٖٓ حُٔي‬ٜ‫ي ريأص أطٔخءٍ اًح ًخٕ حُ٘خّ ر‬٤ً‫ن " رخُظؤ‬٣َ‫ٌح حُط‬ٛ ‫ هخثال "ٖٓ حألكؼَ إٔ ِٗٔي‬٢ُ ‫ػق‬ٝ‫كؤ‬
‫ش‬٣‫ريأص أكٌَ رؼ٘خ‬ٝ ١‫حى‬ٞ‫هلض ؿ‬ٝ‫ن ُِِٔي؟ أ‬٣َ‫ٕ أكؼَ ؽ‬ٌٞ٣ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ أ‬٣ ‫ق‬٤ٌ‫ٌَ؟ ك‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ٖ ُِي‬٤ُ‫ح‬ٞٓ

Perhaps this was the Marshal's plan to test me. "Tell your soldiers to ride ahead of
me," I told the Marshal. "I don't need them or you. You can wait here until I've
continued through the old town alone. I want the people who live here to see that
their King trusts them." Sapt looked worried and shook his head. I could see that he
thought that this was a very bad idea. Nevertheless, if I was to be a king, I decided I
wanted to act like a king. All of my people should like me, not just a few. "Don't you
understand me? Tell your soldiers to go!" I shouted. The Marshal looked surprised
but gave the orders for his soldiers to go ahead, and Sapt's face looked even more
anxious. I realised that if I were killed in this part of town, Sapt's position would
become very difficult.

ٌْ٘ٔ٣ .ْٜ‫ ر‬٢ُ ‫ ال كخؿش‬ٚٗ‫غ ح‬٤‫ٕ ك‬ٞٓ‫ظوي‬٣ ‫ىى‬ٞ٘‫ "أؿؼَ ؿ‬:َ٤‫ أهزَص حُٔش‬.١ٍ‫َ الهظزخ‬٤‫ هطش حُٔش‬ٌٙٛ ‫ ٍرٔخ ًخٗض‬-
ٕ‫ح أ‬ًٍٞ‫ي‬٣ ٕ‫٘خ أ‬ٛ ٕٞ‫ش‬٤‫ؼ‬٣ ٖ٣ٌُ‫ي حُ٘خّ ح‬٣ٍ‫ أ‬.‫٘ش‬٣‫ٌح حُـِء ٖٓ حُٔي‬ٛ ٢‫ ك‬١‫َ رٔلَى‬٤ٓ‫ي إٔ أ‬٣ٍ‫ أ‬٢٘ٗ‫٘خ أل‬ٛ ٍ‫حالٗظظخ‬
ٕ‫ هٍَص أ‬،‫ٓغ ًُي‬ٝ .‫ش‬٣‫جش ُِـخ‬٤ٓ ‫ حُلٌَس‬ٌٙٛ ٕ‫ؼظوي أ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ أىًٍض ح‬.ٚٓ‫ِ ٍأ‬ٛٝ ‫ي ٓخرض هِوخ‬٤‫ ريح حُؼو‬."ْٜ‫ؼن ر‬٣ ٌِْٜٓ
‫؟‬٢ٜ٘ٔ‫ "أال طل‬:‫َ هخثال‬٤‫ حُٔش‬٢‫ طَهض ك‬.ْٜ٘ٓ َ٤ِ‫ْ كوؾ حُو‬٤ُٝ ،٢٘‫لز‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬٢‫غ شؼز‬٤ٔ‫ ُـ‬٢‫٘زـ‬٣ ، ‫أطظَف ٓؼَ حُِٔي‬
‫ريح‬ٝ ،‫ هيٓخ‬٢‫ حُٔؼ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٙ‫ى‬ٞ٘‫حَٓ ُـ‬ٝ‫ حأل‬٠‫ أػط‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ َ٤‫ حُٔش‬ٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ ِٞ‫شش طؼ‬ٛ‫يحً!" ريأص حُي‬٤‫ح رؼ‬ٞ‫ز‬ٌٛ٣ ٕ‫ىى ح‬ٞ٘‫أهزَ ؿ‬
‫ظزق طؼزخ‬٤ٓ ٚ‫هل‬ٞٓ ٕ‫ كخ‬،‫٘ش‬٣‫ٌح حُـِء ٖٓ حُٔي‬ٛ ٢‫ اًح هظِض ك‬ٚٗ‫ٌح أ‬ٛ ٚ‫ أىًٍض ٖٓ هِو‬.‫ي ٓخرض أًؼَ هِوخ‬٤‫ حُؼو‬ٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ
.‫ش‬٣‫ُِـخ‬

When all the soldiers were out of sight, I rode on my own through the streets of the
old town. Now that I was alone on my horse, I realised how white, how clean my
uniform seemed compared to the old buildings around me. The narrow streets were
lined with hundreds of people and I could feel their eyes on me. First people talked
quietly, but then I started to hear cheering. I was so close to the people in this poor
area that I could easily hear what the people were saying about me. "I'm surprised
that he's on his own, but he's taller than I thought," said one. "His skin's very
white," said another. Although some people smiled and cheered, others were quiet
and looked at me angrily. I saw many paintings of the Duke in their windows and I
knew what they thought of me. Despite their anger, I reached the outside of the
palace safely and I got off my horse. Briefly I saw Sapt, whose expression was one of
relief that I was still alive.

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 26 Mohamed Morsi

‫ ٗظخػش‬١‫٘جٌ ٓي‬٤‫ُوي أىًٍض ك‬ٝ .‫ٔش‬٣‫حٍع حُزِيس حُوي‬ٞ‫ ش‬٢‫ ك‬١‫كي‬ٝ َ٤ٓ‫ ريأص أ‬،ٍ‫يح ػٖ حألٗظخ‬٤‫ى رؼ‬ٞ٘‫ػ٘يٓخ أطزق حُـ‬
‫حٍع‬ٞ‫ حُش‬٢‫حططق حُٔجخص ٖٓ حُ٘خّ ك‬ٝ .‫٘ش‬٣‫ٌح حُـِء ٖٓ حُٔي‬ٛ ٢‫ ك‬٢ُٞ‫ٔش ٖٓ ك‬٣‫ حُوي‬٢ٗ‫خ ٓوخٍٗش رخُٔزخ‬ٜ‫ٗظخكظ‬ٝ ٢‫خر‬٤‫ػ‬
ٖٓ ‫زخ ؿيح‬٣َ‫ ً٘ض ه‬.‫ظخف‬ُٜ‫ٌُٖ رؼي ًُي ريأص حٓٔغ ح‬ٝ ،‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ش طليع حُ٘خّ ر‬٣‫ ريح‬.٢ِ‫ْ ػ‬ٜٗٞ٤‫ُوي شؼَص رؼ‬ٝ ‫وش‬٤‫حُؼ‬
،ٙ‫ رٔلَى‬ٚٗ‫ش أ‬ٛ‫ "أٗخ ٓ٘ي‬:ْٛ‫ هخٍ حكي‬.٢٘‫ ػ‬ُٚٗٞٞ‫و‬٣ ‫ُش ٓخ‬ٜٞٔ‫ ً٘ض أٓٔغ ر‬٢٘ٗ‫َس ُيٍؿش أ‬٤‫ حُٔ٘طوش حُلو‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫حُ٘خّ ك‬
‫ رخَُؿْ ٖٓ إٔ رؼغ حُ٘خّ ًخٕ ٓزظٔٔخ‬ٝ " ‫خع‬٤‫ ٗخطغ حُز‬ٙ‫ "إ ؿِي‬:َ‫هخٍ خه‬ٝ ،"‫ٍ ٓٔخ ً٘ض أػظوي‬ٞ‫ أؽ‬ٌُٚ٘
ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫كخص ُِي‬ُِٞ‫ح‬ٝ ٍٞ‫ي ٖٓ حُظ‬٣‫ض حُؼي‬٣‫ ٍأ‬.‫ رـؼذ‬٢ُ‫٘ظَ ا‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ُٜ‫ ح‬ٚ٤ِ‫هَ ريح ػ‬٥‫ اال إٔ حُزؼغ ح‬، ‫ظق‬ٜ٣ٝ
ْٜ‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ ؿؼز‬٠ِ‫ هخٍؽ حُوظَ رؤٓخٕ ػ‬٠ُ‫طِض ا‬ٝ ، .١ٞ‫ْ ٗل‬َٛ‫ هخؽ‬٢‫ش ك‬٤‫ـ‬٣ ‫أىًٍض ٓخ‬ٝ ٌ‫حك‬ُٞ٘‫ ح‬٢‫ٓؼِوش ك‬
.‫خس‬٤‫ي حُل‬٤‫ ه‬٠ِ‫ ٓخُُض ػ‬٢٘ٗ‫ي ٓخرض أل‬٤‫ حُؼو‬ٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ ‫ح‬ِٞ‫ؼ‬٣ ‫خف‬٤‫ ريح حالٍط‬.١‫حى‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬٠ِ‫ُِٗض ٖٓ ػ‬ٝ

It was now almost time for the coronation and a group of soldiers led me
inside a beautiful building. There were so many people that I did not know who was
doing what. But I remember a beautiful young woman with red hair, who I knew was
Princess Flavia, and a man with red cheeks, dark eyes and dark hair who I knew
must be Michael. When he saw me, his face became white: until that moment, I do
not think he realised that the King had come to Strelsau. What can I remember of
that coronation that was so important to the future of Ruritania? Very little, except
the golden crown being placed on my head and a few other details. I remember the
promises I was asked to read out, and the beautiful music that played when someone
announced that Rudolf the Fifth was now King of Ruritania. Most of all, I remember
being greeted by Duke Michael, whose hands shook with anger when he took his
hand in mine, and who would not look at my eyes as he coldly said,
"Congratulations."
٢٘ٗ‫ي ٖٓ حُ٘خّ ُيٍؿش أ‬٣‫٘خى حُؼي‬ٛ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.َ٤ٔ‫ ؿ‬٠٘‫ى ىحهَ ٓز‬ٞ٘‫ػش ٖٓ حُـ‬ٞٔ‫ ٓـ‬٢٘‫ؾ ٍحكوظ‬٣ٞ‫ٕ ُ ِظظ‬٥‫هض ح‬ُٞ‫هي كخٕ ح‬ٝ
‫َس‬٤ٓ‫خ حأل‬ٜٗ‫ػِٔض أ‬ٝ ،َٔ‫ِش ًحص شؼَ حك‬٤ٔ‫ٌُٖ أطًٌَ حَٓأس شخرش ؿ‬ٝ .ْٜ٘ٓ ًَ ٚ‫ّ ر‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ُْ أًٖ أػَف ٓخ ح‬
‫ شخكزخ ُِلظش ػ٘يٓخ‬ٜٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ ‫ أطزق‬.ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ي حُي‬٤ً‫ أ‬ٚٗ‫شؼَ ىحًٖ ػِٔض أ‬ٝ ٖ٤‫أػ‬ٝ ،‫ى كَٔحء‬ٝ‫ هي‬ًٝ َ‫ٍؿ‬ٝ ،‫خ‬٤‫كالك‬
‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ٌح حُظظ‬ٜ‫ظؼِن ر‬٣ ‫ٔخ‬٤‫ ك‬ًٌَٙ‫ ًَ ٓخ أط‬. َُٞٔ‫ حُؼخطٔش ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ظيم إٔ حُِٔي هي ؿخء ا‬٣ ُْ ٚٗ‫ ظ٘٘ض ح‬٢٘ٗ‫ ُيٍؿش أ‬٢ٗ‫ٍخ‬
٠ِ‫ػغ ػ‬ٝ ٖ٤‫ ك‬٢‫ز‬ٌُٛ‫ّ ٓؼَ حُظخؽ ح‬ٞ‫ ٖٓ حُطو‬،‫َ ؿيح‬٤ِ‫خ؟ ًٌُي حًًَ حُو‬٤٘‫ظ‬٣ٍٍٝ َ‫ش رخُـش ُٔٔظوز‬٤ٔٛ‫ ًخٕ ًح أ‬ٚٗ‫ أ‬ٞٛ
،ٖ٤‫ حُٔٔظٔؼ‬٠ِ‫خ ػ‬ِٛٞ‫ إٔ أط‬٢٘ٓ ‫ ؽِذ‬٢‫ى حُظ‬ٞ‫حُؼ‬ٝ ‫ى‬ٜٞ‫ؼخ رؼؼخ ٖٓ حُؼ‬٣‫ أطًٌَ أ‬.َٟ‫َ حأله‬٤‫رؼغ حُظلخ ط‬ٝ ٢ٓ‫ٍأ‬
ْٛ‫حأل‬ٝ .‫خ‬٤٘‫ظ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ٕ ِٓي‬٥‫ُق حُوخْٓ هي أطزق ح‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ٕ‫خ ػ٘يٓخ هخّ شوظخ ٓؼِ٘خ أ‬ٜ‫ طْ ػِك‬٢‫ِش حُظ‬٤ٔ‫ حُـ‬٠‫و‬٤ُٓٞٔ‫ح‬ٝ
٢‫ٓظـ٘زخ حُ٘ظَ ك‬ٝ ، ‫ حُـؼذ‬ِٙٞ‫ؼ‬٣ ٞٛٝ ٢٘‫ظخكل‬٤ُ ٙ‫ي‬٣ ‫٘ٔخ ٓي‬٤‫ ك‬، ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ذ حُي‬٤‫طَك‬ٝ ٍ‫ أطًٌَ حٓظوزخ‬،ًِٚ ‫ٖٓ ًُي‬
."‫٘خ‬٤ٗ‫خ‬ٜ‫ "ط‬:‫ى‬َٝ‫ َٓىىح رز‬٢٘٤‫ػ‬
However, no one else, not even the Princess, seemed to realise that I was not the real
King. So there I stood in the palace for an hour, as if I had always been a king,
greeting the many ambassadors and important people who came to see me. I became
worried when a man I knew from England, Lord Topham, also came to greet me, but
his eyes were so poor that he probably would not have noticed me anyway.

It was now time for me to go in a coach around the streets with the Princess.
"When's the wedding?" I heard someone call, and I wished I had asked Sapt the
answer to that very question. At that moment, the Princess looked at me and said,
"Do you know, Rudolf, you look different today? You look more tired and serious,
and I think you're thinner. I can't believe that you really have changed today."
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 27 Mohamed Morsi
"I think I want to change now that I'm King," I replied. "Perhaps you already have.
I heard that you rode through the old town alone," she continued. "That surprised
me. The people there must really have appreciated what you did." I smiled. "I hope
I'll make a good King," I said.

‫ حُوظَ ُٔيس‬٢‫هلض ك‬ٝ ‫ ٌُُي‬.٢‫و‬٤‫ ُْ أًٖ حُِٔي حُلو‬٢٘ٗ‫ أىٍى أ‬،‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ حأل‬٠‫ال كظ‬ٝ ،َ‫ إٔ ػٔش أكي خه‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ ‫ ال‬،‫ٓغ ًُي‬ٝ
‫ح‬ٝ‫ٖ ؿخء‬٣ٌُ‫ح‬ٝ ٖ٤ُٜٔٔ‫حألشوخص ح‬ٝ ‫ي ٖٓ حُٔلَحء‬٣‫ش ٖٓ حُؼي‬٤‫حُظل‬ٝ ٢ٗ‫خ‬ٜ‫ حٓظوزَ حُظ‬،‫ ً٘ض حُِٔي كؼال‬ُٞ ‫ ًٔخ‬،‫ٓخػش‬
‫ق‬٤‫ ًخٕ ػؼ‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ، ٢‫ظ‬٤‫ ؿخء ُظل‬،ّ‫كخ‬ٞ‫ٍى ط‬ُٞ ، ٠‫يػ‬٣ ٚ‫ض ٍؿال ٖٓ اٗـِظَح ً٘ض أػَك‬٣‫ أطزلض هِوخ ػ٘يٓخ ٍأ‬.٢‫ظ‬٣‫َُإ‬
‫ُوي‬ٝ .‫٘ش‬٣‫حٍع حُٔي‬ٞ‫ ش‬٢‫َس ك‬٤ٓ‫خٍس رَكوش حأل‬٤ٓ ٢‫خد ك‬ٌُٛ‫ٕ ح‬٥‫ ح‬٢ُ ‫هض‬ُٞ‫هي كخٕ ح‬ٝ .٢ِ‫ظؼَف ػ‬٣ ُْ ٚٗ‫حُ٘ظَ ُيٍؿش أ‬
ٍ‫ٌح حُٔئح‬ٛ ٠ِ‫حد ػ‬ٞ‫ي ٓخرض ٓؼَكش حُـ‬٤‫ ً٘ض هي ؽِزض ٖٓ حُؼو‬ُٞ ‫ض‬٤٘ٔ‫ط‬ٝ "‫ كلَ حُِكخف؟‬٠‫"ٓظ‬:ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ َ‫ٓؤٍ ٓخث‬
َ‫أًؼ‬ٝ ‫ ٓظؼزخ‬ٝ‫ّ؟ كؤٗض طزي‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ٓوظِلخ ح‬ٝ‫ أٗي طزي‬،‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ‫خ‬٣ ،ِْ‫ "أطؼ‬:‫هخُض‬ٝ ٢ُ‫َس ا‬٤ٓ‫ ٗظَص حأل‬،‫ طِي حُِلظش‬٢‫ ك‬.‫رخٌُحص‬
َ٤‫ـذ إٔ أطـ‬٣ ٢٘ٗ‫خ "حػظوي أ‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬." ّٞ٤ُ‫َص ح‬٤‫غ إٔ أطيم إٔ ً٘ض كوخ هي طـ‬٤‫ ال أٓظط‬.‫أػظوي أٗي شخكزخ‬ٝ ،‫ش‬٣‫ؿي‬
‫ٔش‬٣‫ حُزِيس حُوي‬٢‫ ُوي ٓٔؼض أٗي َٓص رٔلَىى ك‬.َ‫َص رخُلؼ‬٤‫"ٍرٔخ طـ‬ِٚ‫ حٓظطَىص هخث‬."،‫ٕ رؼي إٔ أطزلض حُِٔي‬٥‫ح‬
‫ٕ ٌِٓخ‬ًٞ‫خ "خَٓ أٗخ أ‬ُٜ ‫هِض‬ٝ .‫" حرظٔٔض‬." ‫ٌح‬ٛ ‫ؼي‬٤٘‫ح ط‬ٍٝ‫٘خى هي‬ٛ ّ‫حػظوي إٔ حُ٘خ‬ٝ ‫َح‬٤‫ ًُي ًؼ‬٢٘‫ش‬ٛ‫ "ُوي أى‬،"
."‫طخُلخ‬

The coach had now arrived back at the palace and, once inside the building, I
took my seat at my own table, next to Duke Michael, with Sapt behind me and Fritz
nearby. I felt like a king, but I also thought, where is the real King and what is he
doing now? Later that afternoon, I sat down on my bed feeling exhausted. Sapt and
Fritz were still by my side, now looking very happy that our plan had been a success.
"That was a day to remember!" said Fritz. "I think I'd like to be King for a day. But
Rassendyll, you mustn't try too hard. I'm not sure it was a good idea to ride alone
through the old town. Duke Michael won't like it if you become too popular with his
people, you know." "Well, in a few hours, I'll become Rudolf Rassendyll once more,"
I said, remembering that I would be King only until that night. "Only if you stay
alive as long as that," said Sapt. "Michael's had news from Zenda and he's almost
certainly planning something. You must leave the country as soon as you can. But
you need a permit to leave the city."
‫ ٓخرض‬٢‫ٍحث‬ٝ ٖٓٝ ، ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫حٍ حُي‬ٞ‫ رـ‬، ‫ُش‬ٝ‫ ؽخ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬١‫ أهٌص ٓوؼي‬،٠٘‫ ريحهَ حُٔز‬ٝ ،َ‫ حُوظ‬٠ُ‫خٍس ا‬٤ُٔ‫ٕ ح‬٥‫ػخىص ح‬
٢‫ٕ؟ ك‬٥‫لؼَ ح‬٣ ‫ٓخًح‬ٝ ٞٛ ٖ٣‫ أ‬، ٢‫و‬٤‫ حُِٔي حُلو‬٢‫هض ظِِض أكٌَ ك‬ُٞ‫ ًحص ح‬٢‫ٌُٖ ك‬ٝ ،‫ حُِٔي كوخ‬٢٘ٗ‫ًؤ‬ٝ ‫ شؼَص‬.ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ
،٢‫ِحالٕ رـخٗز‬٣ ‫ظِ ال‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ًخٕ ٓخرض‬ٝ .‫شؼَص رزؼغ حُظؼذ‬ٝ ١َ٣َٓ ٠ِ‫ ؿِٔض ػ‬،ّٞ٤ُ‫َ ًُي ح‬ٜ‫هض الكن رؼي ظ‬ٝ
‫ ً٘ض أكذ‬٢٘ٗ‫ "أػظوي أ‬."!٠ٔ٘٣ ُٖ ّٞ٤ُ‫ "إ ًُي ح‬:ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫هخٍ ك‬ٝ .‫غ إٔ هطظ٘خ ًخٗض ٗخؿلش‬٤‫ش حُٔؼخىس ك‬٣‫ ؿخ‬٢‫ريح ك‬ٝ
‫٘ش‬٣‫ حُٔي‬٢‫َى رٔلَىى ك‬٤ٓ ‫ كِْ طٌٖ كٌَس‬، ‫ي أال طـخُف‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ،ٍ‫خٍحٓ٘ي‬٣ ٌُٖٝ ،‫حكي‬ٝ ّٞ٤ُ ُٞٝ ‫إٔ أطزق حُِٔي‬
،‫ "كٔ٘خ‬ُٚ ‫هِض‬، "ًٙٞ‫ ٓ٘خؽن ٗل‬٢‫ش ك‬٤‫ إٔ طظزق ًح شؼز‬٢‫َػ‬٣ ُٖ ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ ًٔخ إٔ حُي‬.ٖ‫ ٓخ أظ‬٠ِ‫يس ػ‬٤‫ٔش ؿ‬٣ ‫حُوي‬
‫ِش كوؾ‬٤ُِ‫ ح‬ٌٙٛ ٠‫ حُِٔي كظ‬٢٘ٗ‫يح أ‬٤‫أطًٌَ ؿ‬ٝ "،َٟ‫ُق ٍحٓ٘يٍ َٓس أه‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ‫ف أطزق‬ٞٓ ،‫ِش‬٤ِ‫ٕ ٓخػخص ه‬ٞ‫ ؿؼ‬٢‫ك‬
‫ٖٓ حُٔئًي‬ٝ ‫ٌَ أهزخٍ ٖٓ ُٗيح‬٣‫ ٓخ‬٠‫ "كِوي طِو‬،" ‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ ح‬ٌٙٛ ٠‫خس كظ‬٤‫ي حُل‬٤‫ ه‬٠ِ‫ض ػ‬٤‫ي ٓخرض "ًُي إ رو‬٤‫" كوخٍ حُؼو‬
."‫٘ش‬٣‫ق ُٔـخىٍس حُٔي‬٣َ‫ طظ‬٠ُ‫ٌُ٘ي رلخؿش ا‬ٝ .ٌٖٔٓ ‫هض‬ٝ ‫ أهَد‬٢‫ـذ إٔ طـخىٍ حُزالى ك‬٣ ‫ ٌُح‬،‫ء ٓخ‬٢‫وطؾ ُش‬٣ ٚٗ‫ح‬
"Who can I get a permit from?" I asked. "The King, of course," said Sapt, putting
on a table a form for me to sign and a paper with the King's signature for me to copy.

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 28 Mohamed Morsi

"Look, I can pretend to be the King because I look like him," I said. "That doesn't
mean I can write like him too!" "Oh, it's not hard to copy," said Sapt, and he did it
easily for me. "Now, remember our plan. I'll go with you, Rassendyll," said Sapt.
"Now, Fritz, you will tell everyone that the King's gone to bed and that he's not to be
woken by anybody until nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Do you understand, Fritz?
No one." "I understand," said Fritz. "Michael may try to visit," continued Sapt,
"but you mustn't let him in, even if your life depends on it." "I don't need to be told
that," said Fritz, proudly. "Here, put on this big coat and hat," Sapt said to me.

‫ُش‬ٝ‫ حُطخ‬٠ِ‫ػغ ػ‬ٝٝ "،ٍ‫ؼش حُلخ‬٤‫ رطز‬،‫ "حُِٔي‬:٢ُ ٍ‫ق؟" كوخ‬٣َ‫ٌح حُظظ‬ٛ ٠ِ‫ٍ ػ‬ٞ‫ حُلظ‬٢ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ َٖٓ ٖٓ" ِ :ٚ‫كٔؤُظ‬
‫غ‬٤‫ أٓظط‬،َ‫"حٗظ‬ُٚ ‫خ كوِض‬ٛ‫ إٔ أهِي‬٠ِ‫ًخٕ ػ‬ٝ ‫غ حُِٔي‬٤‫ه‬ٞ‫ طلَٔ ط‬٢‫ٍحم حُظ‬ٝ‫رؼغ حأل‬ٝ ‫خ‬ٜ٤ِ‫هغ ػ‬ٝ‫ إٔ أ‬٠ِ‫حٓظٔخٍس ػ‬
ٖٓ ْ٤ُ " :‫ هخثال‬٢‫ؼخ!" كظخف ك‬٣‫ أ‬ِٚ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ أًظذ ٓؼ‬٣ ٢٘ٗ‫ أ‬٢٘‫ؼ‬٣ ‫ٌح ال‬ٛ ٌُٖٝ،ٜٚ‫ أشز‬٢٘ٗ‫ حُِٔي أل‬٠٘ٗ‫ أ‬٢‫إٔ أىػ‬
،"ٍ‫خ ٍحٓ٘ي‬٣ ،‫ذ ٓؼي‬ًٛ‫ ٓؤ‬.‫ طًٌَ هطظ٘خ‬،ٕ٥‫ "ح‬:٢ُ ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ "‫ُش‬ٜٞٔ‫ر‬ٝ ٚٔ‫غ ر٘ل‬٤‫ه‬ٞ‫ي حُظ‬٤ِ‫هخّ رظو‬ٝ ‫حُظؼذ إٔ طوِي‬
ّٞ٤ُ‫ حُظخٓؼش ٖٓ طزخف ح‬٠‫وع كظ‬٤‫ٔظ‬٣ ُٖ ٚٗ‫أ‬ٝ ،ٚ‫ كَحش‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ًٛ ‫غ إٔ حُِٔي هي‬٤ٔ‫ي إٔ طوزَ حُـ‬٤ِ‫ظِ ػ‬٣َ‫خ ك‬٣ ‫أٗض‬ٝ"
ٍٝ‫ٌَ هي كخ‬٣‫ظِ هخثال "ٓخ‬٣َ‫ ٓوخؽزخ ك‬ٚ‫ؼ‬٣‫طخرغ ٓخرض كي‬ٝ،"ْٜ‫ظِ "أٗخ أك‬٣َ‫" كوخٍ ك‬.‫ظِ؟ ال أكي‬٣َ‫خ ك‬٣ ،ْٜ‫َ طل‬ٛ .‫حُـي‬
٠ُ‫رلوَ "أٗخ ُٔض رلخؿش ا‬ٝ ،ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫خطي" كوخٍ ك‬٤‫ٌح حألَٓ ك‬ٛ ‫ ًِلي‬ُٞ ٠‫ كظ‬،‫ رٌُي‬ُٚ ‫ـذ أال طٔٔق‬٣ ٌُٖٝ ‫خٍس حُِٔي‬٣ُ
" ‫ حُوزؼش‬ٌٙٛٝ َ٤‫ٌح حُٔؼطق حٌُز‬ٛ ١‫ ٓخرض " حٍطي‬٢ُ ٍ‫ رٌُي" هخ‬٢ًٌَٗ‫إٔ ط‬

"Now, are you ready to go?" Sapt said to me "I'm ready," I said. I shook Fritz's
hand and set off – not through the door but through a panel in the wall which led to a
dark passage. "In the old King's time, I knew all about this secret passage," Sapt
explained. I followed Sapt down the long, dark passage which ended in a heavy
wooden door. Sapt unlocked it and we went out into a quiet street which ran along
the back of the palace gardens. A man was waiting for us with two horses. Without
saying anything, we climbed onto the horses and rode away. At that time of the day,
the town was busy and full of noise, but we took the quiet back streets. My coat and
hat covered my face and hair, and I tried to stay low on the horse so no one would
recognise me.

ْ٤ُ ٌُٖٝ – ‫حٗطِوض‬ٝ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ طخكلض ك‬."،‫ "أٗخ ٓٔظؼي‬ٚ‫خد؟"كؤهزَط‬ٌُِٛ ‫ حٓظؼيحى‬٠ِ‫َ أٗض ػ‬ٛ ،ٕ٥‫ؼخ "ح‬٣‫ أ‬٢ُ ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ
‫ي حُِٔي‬ٜ‫ ٓخرض هخثال "ٌٓ٘ ػ‬٢ُ ‫ػق‬ٝ‫أ‬ٝ ".ِْ‫ َٓٔ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ ا‬١‫ئى‬٣ ٍ‫ حُـيح‬٢‫ ك‬٢‫ٌُٖ ٖٓ هالٍ رخد هِل‬ٝ ‫ٖٓ هالٍ حُزخد‬
ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ح‬ٝ ِْ‫حُٔظ‬ٝ َ٣ٞ‫ي ٓخرض ػزَ حَُٔٔ حُط‬٤‫ طزؼض حُؼو‬."١َُٔ‫ٌح حَُٔٔ ح‬ٛ ٖ‫ء ػ‬٢‫أٗخ أػَف ًَ ش‬ٝ ‫حُٔخرن‬
‫٘خى‬ٛ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.َ‫ ٖٓ كيحثن حُوظ‬٢‫ حٓظيحى حُـِء حُوِل‬٠ِ‫خىة ػ‬ٛ ‫ شخٍع‬٠ُ‫هَؿ٘خ ا‬ٝ ٚ‫ ػوْ كلظل‬٢‫ رزخد هشز‬٢ٜ‫٘ظ‬٣
،ّٞ٤ُ‫هض ٖٓ ح‬ُٞ‫ ًُي ح‬٢‫ ك‬.‫حٗطِو٘خ‬ٝ ٍٞ٤‫ ًٍز٘خ حُو‬،‫ء‬٢‫ ش‬١‫ٍ أ‬ٞ‫ٕ إٔ ٗو‬ٝ‫ ى‬.ٍٞ٤‫ٖ ٖٓ حُو‬٤٘‫ حػ‬ٚ‫ٓؼ‬ٝ ‫ حٗظظخٍٗخ‬٢‫ٍؿَ ك‬
،١َ‫شؼ‬ٝ ٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٢‫ ٓؼطل‬٢‫ُوي ؿط‬ٝ .‫خىثش‬ُٜ‫ش ح‬٤‫حٍع حُوِل‬ٞ‫ٌُ٘٘خ ٌِٓ٘خ حُش‬ٝ ،‫ؾ‬٤‫جش رخُؼـ‬٤ِٓٝ ‫٘ش ِٓىكٔش‬٣‫ًخٗض حُٔي‬
.‫ أكي‬٢ِ‫ظؼَف ػ‬٣ ‫ ال‬٠‫ حُلظخٕ كظ‬٠ِ‫ُض إٔ أظَ ٓ٘ولؼخ ػ‬ٝ‫كخ‬ٝ

"Take your gun," said Sapt. "You may need it to get through the city gates. They'll
all be closed at this time of day." It was half past six and still light when we reached
one of the tall wooden gates through the city walls. Sapt knocked on the gate, and we
were very relieved when a few seconds later, a girl of about fourteen appeared.
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 29 Mohamed Morsi
"My father's not here, I'm afraid. He's gone to see the King," she said. “Your father
should have stayed here," said Sapt. "But he told me not to open the gate for
anyone," said the girl. "Then you must give me the key to open it," said Sapt.
"Here's a form from the King himself. You can show it to your father when he
returns." Sapt then gave the girl the signed form and a coin and took the key from
her hand. We quickly opened the gate, led our horses out, and closed it again behind
us. "Now we must move quickly," Sapt told me as we got back on the horses.

٢‫ؼخ ٓـِوش ك‬٤ٔ‫ٕ ؿ‬ٌٞ‫ف ط‬ٞٓ .‫٘ش‬٣‫حرخص حُٔي‬ٞ‫ؽ ٖٓ هالٍ ر‬َٝ‫ ػ٘ي حُو‬ٚ٤ُ‫هخٍ ٓخرض "هٌ ٓٔيٓي ٓؼي كوي طلظخؽ ا‬ٝ
‫حرخص‬ٞ‫حكيس ٖٓ حُز‬ٝ ٠ُ‫طِ٘خ ا‬ٝ ‫ىح ػ٘يٓخ‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ٞٓ ٍ‫ِح‬٣ ‫ء ال‬ٞ‫حُؼ‬ٝ 0:16 ٍ‫" ًخٗض حُٔخػش ال طِح‬.ّٞ٤ُ‫هض ٖٓ ح‬ُٞ‫ٌح ح‬ٛ
ٖٓ َ‫ حَُحرؼش ػش‬٢‫ ك‬٢ُ‫ح‬ٞ‫ ك‬٢ٛٝ ، ‫يأص أػظخر٘خ ػ٘يٓخ كظلض ُ٘خ كظخس‬ٛٝ ، ‫ رخد‬٠ِ‫ ؽَهض ٓخرض ػ‬.‫ش‬٤ُ‫ش حُؼخ‬٤‫حُوشز‬
"‫٘خ‬ٛ ٠‫زو‬٣ ٕ‫ـذ أ‬٣ ٕ‫حُيى ًخ‬ٝ" ‫خ ٓخرض‬ُٜ ٍ‫كوخ‬،"‫ش حُِٔي‬٣‫ذ َُإ‬ًٛ ٚٗ‫ ح‬،‫٘خ‬ٛ ْ٤ُ ١‫حُي‬ٝ ‫ "ُألٓق‬:‫خ هخثِش‬َٛٔ‫ػ‬
٢ٔ‫ حُٔلظخف ألكظق ر٘ل‬٢٘٤‫ي إٔ طؼط‬٤ِ‫خ ٓخرض"اًح ػ‬ُٜ ٍ‫ أكي" كوخ‬١‫حرش أل‬ٞ‫ أال أكظق حُز‬٢َٗ‫ حهز‬١‫حُي‬ٝ ٌُٖ" :‫هخُض ُ٘خ‬
‫ حُلظخس حالٓظٔخٍس‬٠‫" ػْ أػط‬.‫ى‬ٞ‫ؼ‬٣ ‫حُيى ػ٘يٓخ‬ُٞ ‫خ‬ٜ٤‫ٌٔ٘ي إٔ طؼط‬٣ٝ ، ‫خ‬٤‫هؼش ٖٓ حُِٔي شوظ‬ٞٓ ‫ حٓظٔخٍس‬٢ِ‫طلؼ‬ٝ
َٟ‫اؿاله٘خ حُزخد َٓس أه‬ٝ ،ٍٞ٤‫أهَؿ٘خ حُو‬ٝ ،‫كظل٘خ حُزخد رَٔػش‬ٝ .‫خ‬ٛ‫ي‬٣ ٖٓ ‫أهٌ حُٔلظخف‬ٝ ‫ش‬٤ٗ‫ػِٔش ٓؼي‬ٝ ‫هؼش‬ُٞٔ‫ح‬
."،‫رَٔػش‬ٝ ‫٘خ إٔ ٗظلَى‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ٕ‫ "أال‬:‫ٍ هخثال‬ٞ٤‫ حُو‬٠ُ‫ ٓخرض ػ٘يٓخ ػيٗخ ا‬٢َٗ‫ حهز‬.‫ٍحءٗخ‬ٝ
Once we were outside the city, there was little danger, as nearly everyone was in the
streets celebrating the coronation. It became a clear night, with a shining moon, and
soon we began to talk. "What do you think the Duke knows about our plan?" I said.
"I don't know," said Sapt. A little later, we stopped at an inn so that our horses could
have a drink, and this lost us half an hour. We then continued and had gone around
forty kilometres from the city when Sapt suddenly stopped. It was nearly half past
nine. "Listen," he cried. "I can hear something." Far behind us we could just hear
the noise of horses coming towards us. I looked at Sapt and saw worry on his face.
"We're lucky that the wind's blowing towards us so we can hear them. Come on!" he
called, and we set off fast. After some time, we stopped again and could not hear the
other horses, so we slowed down and thought we could relax. However, a little
farther we stopped once more and this time we heard them.

ٕ‫ ًٔخ أ‬.‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫حٍع ُالكظلخٍ رخُظظ‬ٞ‫ حُش‬٢‫زخ ك‬٣َ‫غ طو‬٤ٔ‫غ ًخٕ حُـ‬٤‫ ك‬،َ٤‫٘خى هطَ ػج‬ٛ ٕ‫ ًخ‬،‫٘ش‬٣‫ػ٘يٓخ ً٘خ هخٍؽ ح ُٔي‬
‫ "أٗخ ال‬٢ُ ٍ‫م روطظ٘خ؟"كوخ‬ٝ‫ؼِْ حُي‬٣ َٛ ‫ي‬٣‫غ كوِض ُٔخرض "ٓخ ٍأ‬٣‫َٓػخٕ ٓخ ريأٗخ حُلي‬ٝ ، ‫ش‬٣َٔ‫ِش ًخٗض ه‬٤ُِ‫ح‬
‫رؼي ًُي طخرؼ٘خ‬ٝ ‫٘خ ٗظق ٓخػش‬٤ِ‫غ ػ‬٤‫ٌح ػ‬ٛ ٌُٖٝ ،ٍٞ٤‫َ) ُظشَد حُو‬٤‫ ٍُِٗ (ك٘يم طـ‬٢‫هل٘خ ك‬ٞ‫ ط‬،َ٤ِ‫أػَف" رؼي ه‬
‫ طخف‬.‫ حُظخٓؼش حُ٘ظق‬٢ُ‫ح‬ٞ‫ًخٗض حُٔخػش ك‬ٝ ، ‫هق ٓخرض‬ٞ‫كـؤس ط‬ٝ ‫٘ش‬٣‫ٓظَح ٖٓ حُٔي‬ِٞ٤ً ٖ٤‫ أٍرؼ‬ٞ‫َ ُٔٔخكش ٗل‬٤ُٔٔ‫ح‬
‫ض‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ ‫ٗخ‬ٞ‫ ٗل‬ٜٚ‫ٍ ٓظـ‬ٞ٤‫ؾ ٖٓ حُو‬٤‫ص ػـ‬ٞ‫ٍحءٗخ ط‬ٝ ‫" كٔٔؼ٘خ‬.‫جخ ٓخ‬٤‫ إٔ أٓٔغ ش‬٢ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ " "‫ٓخرض هخثال "حٓظٔغ‬
!‫خ ر٘خ‬٤ٛ .ْٜ‫ـؼِ٘خ ٗٔٔؼ‬٣ ‫ٌح‬ٛٝ ‫٘خ‬ٛ‫ طـخ‬٢‫ذ ك‬ٜ‫خف ط‬٣َُ‫ٕ إٔ ح‬ٞ‫ظ‬ٞ‫ هخٍ"ٗلٖ ٓلظ‬١ٌُ‫ ٓخرض ح‬ٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٠ِ‫َ ػ‬ٜ‫حُوِن هي ظ‬
‫ ٌُُي َٓٗخ‬،َٟ‫ٍ حأله‬ٞ٤‫ ٌُ٘٘خ ُْ ٗظٌٖٔ ٖٓ ٓٔخع حُو‬َٟ‫هل٘خ َٓس أه‬ٞ‫ ط‬،‫هض‬ُٞ‫ٍ رؼغ ح‬َٝٓ ‫رؼي‬ٝ .‫حٗطِو٘خ رَٔػش‬ٝ"
.ٍٞ٤‫ؾ حُو‬٤‫ حَُٔس ٓٔؼ٘خ ػـ‬ٌٙٛٝ َٟ‫هل٘خ َٓس أه‬ٞ‫َ ط‬٤ِ‫ٌُٖ رؼي ه‬ٝ ، .‫ال‬٤ِ‫ ربٌٓخٗ٘خ حالٓظَهخء ه‬ٚٗ‫ظ٘٘خ ح‬ٝ ‫رزؾء‬
Sapt got off his horse and put his ear to the ground. "I think there're two horses," he
said. "They're about two kilometres behind." We went on quickly and eventually we
reached the tall, dark trees of the forest of Zenda and stopped at a fork in the road.

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 One road went deep into the forest, the other went outside the forest towards the
town. "To the right's our road, to the left's the castle. Now, get off your horse."
"Get off? But they'll catch us!" I said. "Get off your horse!" he repeated angrily, and
I did what he asked. We took the horses into the dark trees and waited quietly where
we could see the road, but they (whoever they were) could not see us. I saw that Sapt
had a gun in his hand. "Do you want to see who they are?" I whispered. “Yes, and
where they're going," Sapt answered.

‫ رؼي‬٠ِ‫ْ ػ‬ٜٗ‫ "ا‬:ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ "ٍٞ٤‫ٖ ٖٓ حُو‬٤٘‫٘خى حػ‬ٛ ٕ‫ " أػظوي أ‬:ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ .‫ حألٍع‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ًٚٗ‫ػغ أ‬ٝٝ ٚٗ‫ٍِٗ ٓخرض ػٖ كظخ‬
‫ ٖٓ حُـخرش حُٔظِٔش ٖٓ ُٗيح‬،‫ِش حُوخٓش‬٣ٞ‫ حألشـخٍ ؽ‬٠ُ‫طِ٘خ ا‬ٝ ‫ش‬٣‫خ‬ُٜ٘‫ ح‬٢‫ك‬ٝ ‫ز٘خ رَٔػش‬ًٛ ".‫ٍحءٗخ‬ٝ ٖ٣َ‫ٓظ‬ِٞ٤ً ٢ُ‫ح‬ٞ‫ك‬
ٍ‫ كوخ‬.‫٘ش‬٣‫ حُٔي‬٠ُ‫ ا‬١‫ئى‬٣ َ‫ن حأله‬٣َ‫حُط‬ٝ ،‫ ػٔن حُـخرش‬٠ُ‫ ا‬١‫ئى‬٣ ‫ن‬٣َ‫٘خى ؽ‬ٛ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.‫ن‬٣َ‫هل٘خ ػ٘ي ٓلظَم حُط‬ٞ‫ط‬ٝ
ٕٞ‫ِلو‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ٌُْٜ٘ٝ ‫ "حٍِٗ؟‬ُٚ ‫" كوِض‬.ٕ‫ حُلظخ‬٠ِ‫ حٍِٗ ٖٓ ػ‬،ٕ٥‫ ح‬.‫ٔخٍ حُوِؼش‬٤ُ‫ ح‬٠ُ‫ا‬ٝ ‫و٘خ‬٣َ‫ٖ ؽ‬٤ٔ٤ُ‫ ح‬٠ُ‫ٓخرض"ا‬
‫حٗظظَٗخ‬ٝ ٍ‫ ظالّ حألشـخ‬٢‫ٍ ك‬ٞ٤‫ أهٌٗخ حُو‬.٢٘ٓ ‫ كلؼِض ٓخ ؽِذ‬، "!ٕ‫ حُلظخ‬٠ِ‫ "حٍِٗ ٖٓ ػ‬:‫ر٘خ!" كٌٍَ ٓخرض ؿخػزخ‬
‫لَٔ ٓٔيٓخ‬٣ ٕ‫ض إٔ ٓخرض ًخ‬٣‫ ٍأ‬.‫َحٗخ‬٣ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ أ‬٣ ‫ن) ال‬٣َ‫خ ًخٕ حُٔخٍ رخُط‬٣‫ ٌُٖ (أ‬،‫ن‬٣َ‫ حُط‬َٟٗ ٕ‫ٌٔ٘٘خ أ‬٣ ‫غ‬٤‫ء ك‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ر‬
"ٕٞ‫ز‬ٛ‫ْ ًح‬ٛ ٖ٣‫أ‬ٝ ،ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬:٢ُ ٍ‫ْ؟" كوخ‬ٛ ٖٓ َٟ‫ي إٔ ط‬٣َ‫َ ط‬ٛ":ُٚ ‫ٔٔض ُٔخرض هخثال‬ٜ‫ ك‬.ٙ‫ي‬٣ ٢‫ك‬

Soon we could hear the horses getting nearer and nearer. The moon was full now so
we could see the road clearly. "Here they come!" Sapt whispered. "Look, it's the
Duke!" On the road through the forest, I could see the Duke and a strong-looking
man who Sapt later told me was Max Holf, brother to Johann who I had seen at the
inn. When they reached the fork in the road, they stopped. "Which way?" asked
Duke Michael. "I think. we should go to the castle where we can learn the truth,"
said Max. "Why not the hunting lodge?" said Michael. "If all's well, why go there?
And if all isn't well, I fear there'll be a trap." The Duke did not move and seemed to
be listening. "I thought I heard something," he said quietly.

َٟٗ ٕ‫ ٌٓ٘٘خ ٖٓ أ‬١ٌُ‫ ًخٕ حُؤَ ٌٓظٔال حألَٓ ح‬.‫جخ‬٤‫جخ كش‬٤‫ طوظَد ش‬٠ٛٝ ٍٞ٤‫خ ٓزخشَس حٓظطؼ٘خ إٔ ٗٔٔغ حُو‬ٛ‫ رؼي‬ٝ
َ‫ن ػز‬٣َ‫ حُط‬٠ِ‫م!" ػ‬ٝ‫ حُي‬ٚٗ‫ ح‬،َ‫ح!" كوِض ُٔخرض "حٗظ‬ِٞ‫ط‬ٝ ‫ْ هي‬ٛ‫خ‬ٛ" ‫ْٔ ٓخرض هخثال‬ٜ‫ ك‬.‫ف‬ٞ‫ػ‬ٞ‫ن ر‬٣َ‫حُط‬
ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫ن ؿ‬٤‫ شو‬،‫ُق‬ٞٛ ًْ‫ ٓخ‬ٚٗ‫هض الكن ح‬ٝ ٢‫ ٓخرض ك‬ٚ٘‫ ػ‬٢َٗ‫ حهز‬١ٌُ‫َ ح‬ٜ‫ حُٔظ‬١ٞ‫ٍؿَ ه‬ٝ ‫م‬ٝ‫ض حُي‬٣‫ ٍأ‬،‫حُـخرش‬
١‫ٌَ "أ‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ كٔؤٍ حُي‬.‫ ٓلظَم ؽَم‬٠ُ‫ح ا‬ِٞ‫ط‬ٝ ‫ح ػ٘يٓخ‬ٞ‫هل‬ٞ‫ ط‬.)َ٤‫ حُِ٘ ٍ (حُل٘يم حُظـ‬٢‫ ك‬ٚ‫ظ‬٣‫ ٍأ‬١ٌُ‫حُوخىّ ح‬
ُٚ ٍ‫ كوخ‬،"‫وش‬٤‫ٌٔ٘٘خ ٓؼَكش حُلو‬٣ ‫غ‬٤‫ حُوِؼش ك‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ٌٛٗ ٕ‫ـذ أ‬٣ ،‫ُق "حػظوي‬ٞٛ ًْ‫ ٓخ‬ُٚ ٍ‫ كوخ‬."‫حُطَم ِٗٔي؟‬
ٌٖ٣ ُْ ٕ‫ح‬ٝ ‫٘خى؟‬ٛ ‫ذ‬ٌٛٗ ‫َحّ كِٔخًح‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ "اًح ًخٕ حألَٓ ػ‬:ًْ‫ي؟" كوخٍ ٓخ‬٤‫م حُظ‬ًٞ ٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ٌٛٗ ‫ُٔخًح ال‬ٝ" :‫م‬ٝ‫حُي‬
٢٘ٗ‫ "ظ٘٘ض أ‬:‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ء ٓخ كوخٍ ر‬٢‫ ش‬٠ُ‫ٔظٔغ ا‬٣ ٚٗ‫ًؤ‬ٝ ‫ريح‬ٝ ‫م‬ٝ‫ظلَى حُي‬٣ ُْ ".‫٘خى كن‬ٛ ٌٕٞ٣ ٕ‫ أ‬٠‫حألَٓ ًٌُي أهش‬
."‫جخ‬٤‫ٓٔؼض ش‬

I saw Sapt lift up his gun, but the Duke then said, "To Zenda, then," and they set off
once more. I could see that Sapt still held up his gun and was pointing it at the Duke,
but although I knew he would have loved to shoot, he realised it would not have
helped the King at this moment. He put his gun away once more. We waited silently
for ten minutes before we came out from the trees. "So, he's had news that all is
well," said Sapt. "What does that mean?" I asked. "I wish I knew," said Sapt. "It's a
real puzzle." We rode on through the forest as fast as our tired horses would allow.
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 31 Mohamed Morsi
We said nothing, and I thought about what the Duke had said. What did "all is well"
mean? Was all well with the King? It did not take us long to reach the hunting lodge
where we had left the King and quickly jump off our horses. The lodge was dark and
quiet and no one came out to meet us. All of a sudden, Sapt took hold of my arm.
"Look there!" he said, pointing at five or six torn and dirty handkerchiefs on the
ground. "That's what I used to tie up the old woman. Fasten the horses and let's see
what's happened."

‫رخ‬ٞ‫ض إٔ ٓخرض ٓخ ُحٍ ٓظ‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ .َٟ‫حٗطِوخ َٓس أه‬ٝ "ً‫ ُٗيح اًح‬٠ُ‫ "ا‬:ٍ‫م هخ‬ٝ‫ٌُٖ حُي‬ٝ ،ٚٓ‫َكغ ٓٔي‬٣ ‫ض ٓخرض‬٣‫ٍأ‬
‫ٔخػي حُِٔي‬٣ ُٖ ‫ أىٍى إٔ ًُي‬ٚٗ‫ اال ح‬،ٍ‫طِن حُ٘خ‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬٠٘ٔ‫ ط‬ٚٗ‫ أػَف أ‬٢٘ٗ‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ أ‬٠ِ‫ٌُٖ ػ‬ٝ ،‫م‬ٝ‫ حُي‬ٞ‫ ٗل‬ٚٓ‫ٓٔي‬
.ٍ‫ٖ حألشـخ‬٤‫ء ُٔيس ػشَ ىهخثن هزَ إٔ ٗوَؽ ٖٓ ر‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ حٗظظَٗخ ر‬.َٟ‫يح َٓس أه‬٤‫ رؼ‬ٚٓ‫ػغ ٓٔي‬ٞ‫ ك‬.‫ حُِلظش‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ك‬
" ٢ُ ٍ‫ ًُي؟" كوخ‬٢٘‫ؼ‬٣ ‫ "ٓخًح‬ٚ‫َحّ" كٔؤُظ‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ء ػ‬٢‫ إٔ ًَ ش‬،ُٚ ٍٞ‫ٌَ اهزخٍح طو‬٣‫ ٓخ‬٠‫كوَ ٓخرض "اًح هي طِو‬
‫ ٓخ‬٢‫كٌَص ك‬ٝ ،‫جخ‬٤‫ ُْ ٗوَ ش‬.ٍٞ٤‫ َٓػش ٍؿْ طؼذ حُو‬٠‫رؤهظ‬ٝ ‫" حٗطِو٘خ هالٍ حُـخرش‬.٢‫و‬٤‫ ُـِ كو‬ٚٗ‫ "ح‬،"ِْ‫ حػ‬٠٘‫ظ‬٤ُ
‫ظؼِن رخُِٔي ؟ ُْ ٗٔظـَم‬٣ ‫ٔخ‬٤‫َحّ ك‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ء ػ‬٢‫َ ًَ ش‬ٛ "ّ‫َح‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ء ػ‬٢‫ ػزخٍس ًَ ش‬٢٘‫ٓخًح طؼ‬ٝ" .‫م‬ٝ‫ حُي‬ُٚ‫هخ‬
‫م ٓظِٔخ‬ٌُٞ‫ًخٕ ح‬ٝ ٍٞ٤‫ حُو‬٠ِ‫ُِٗ٘خ رَٔػش ٖٓ ػ‬ٝ ‫غ ً٘خ هي طًَ٘خ حُِٔي‬٤‫ي ك‬٤‫م حُظ‬ًٞ ٠ُ‫ٍ ا‬ٞ‫ط‬ُِٞ ‫ال‬٣ٞ‫هظخ ؽ‬ٝ
‫ ٓظش‬ٝ‫ هٔٔش أ‬٠ُ‫َح ا‬٤‫٘خى!" ٓش‬ٛ َ‫ "حٗظ‬٢ُ ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ٢‫ كـؤس حٓٔي ٓخرض رٌٍحػ‬.‫ حكي الٓظوزخُ٘خ‬١‫ أ‬٢‫ؤط‬٣ ُْٝ ‫خىثخ‬ٛٝ
‫ ٓخ‬َٟٗ ‫ىػ٘خ‬ٝ ٍٞ٤‫ حٍرؾ حُو‬.ُٞ‫ َُرؾ حَُٔأس حُؼـ‬ٚ‫ٌح ٓخ ً٘ض هي حٓظويٓظ‬ٛ" .‫ حألٍع‬٠ِ‫هٌٍس ػ‬ٝ ‫َ ِٓٔهش‬٣‫ٓ٘خى‬
".‫كيع‬

The front door to the lodge was not locked and we went into the room where I had
eaten the night before. Plates and cups were still on the table. "Come on," said Sapt,
and we ran down the passage towards the cellar where we had left the King. But the
door to the cellar was open. "So they found the old woman," I said. "I realised that
when I saw the handkerchiefs," said Sapt. "Where's Josef and the King?" I asked.
We found another door inside the cellar that was locked, and it took a lot of work to
get it open. It was dark inside and completely silent and I could see Sapt was looking
very worried. He loved the King and would have hated anything bad to have
happened to him. So I told him to stay where he was and went inside the room with a
candle. There were a lot of things on the floor of the dark room, as if there had been
a fight. I held up the candle and saw spiders on the walls, then, far in one comer, I
saw a body. I slowly went back outside the room to tell Sapt what I had seen. "It's
not good news. I'm afraid he's dead," I said. "The King?" he cried, putting his hand
over his mouth. "No, the body's Josef. The King's not there."

ّٝ‫حٌُئ‬ٝ ‫ًخٗض حألؽزخم‬ٝ .‫ش‬٤‫ِش حُٔخػ‬٤ُِ‫ ح‬٢‫ُ٘خ حُؼشخء ك‬ٝ‫غ ط٘خ‬٤‫ حُـَكش ك‬٠ُ‫ز٘خ ا‬ًٛٝ ‫م‬ٌُِٞ ٢ٓ‫ظْ هلَ حُزخد حألٓخ‬٣ ُْ
ٞ‫ٌُٖ ًخٕ رخد حُوز‬ٝ .‫غ طًَ٘خ حُِٔي‬٤‫ ك‬ٞ‫ حُوز‬ٞ‫أَٓػ٘خ ألٓلَ حَُٔٔ ٗل‬ٝ ،"‫خ‬٤ٛ" ‫كوخٍ ٓخرض‬.‫ُش‬ٝ‫ حُطخ‬٠ِ‫ال طِحٍ ػ‬
ٖ٣‫ "أ‬ٚ‫َ"كٔؤُظ‬٣‫ض ٓ٘خى‬٣‫ "أىًٍض ًُي ػ٘يٓخ ٍأ‬٢ُ ٍ‫" كوخ‬،ُٞ‫ح حَُٔأس حُؼـ‬ٝ‫ؿي‬ٝ ‫ كوِض ُٔخرض "اًح هي‬.‫كخ‬ٞ‫ٓلظ‬
ّ‫ًخٕ حُظال‬ٝ .ٚ‫هض ُلظل‬ُٞ‫َ ٖٓ ح‬٤‫حٓظـَم حٌُؼ‬ٝ ،‫ ًخٕ ٓـِوخ‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ٞ‫ؿيٗخ رخد خهَ ىحهَ حُوز‬ٝ "‫حُِٔي؟‬ٝ ‫ق‬٣ُٞ‫ؿ‬
‫ كطِزض‬.ٌَٙٝٓ ٚ‫ز‬٤‫ظ‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ٌَٙ٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ‫لذ حُِٔي‬٣ ٕ‫ش كوي ًخ‬٣‫ حٌُٔخٕ رخُيحهَ ًخٕ ٓخرض هِن ُِـخ‬٠ِ‫ٔخٕ ػ‬٤‫و‬٣ ‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ُٜ‫ح‬ٝ
ٕ‫ ًخ‬ُٞ ‫ ًٔخ‬،‫ش حُـَكش حُٔظِٔش‬٤‫خء رؤٍػ‬٤‫ي ٖٓ حألش‬٣‫٘خى حُؼي‬ٛ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.‫ شٔؼش‬١‫ي‬٤‫ر‬ٝ ‫ىهِض حُـَكش‬ٝ ‫ حُزوخء رخُوخٍؽ‬ٚ٘ٓ
َٟ‫زض رزؾء َٓس أه‬ًٛ .‫ض ؿٔيح رؤكي أًٍخٕ حُـَكش‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ ،ٕ‫ حُـيٍح‬٠ِ‫ض حُؼ٘خًذ ػ‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ ‫ أٌٓٔض حُشٔؼش‬.ٍ‫٘خى هظخ‬ٛ

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 32 Mohamed Morsi

"‫"كظخف هخثال "حُِٔي؟‬،‫ض‬٤ٓ ٚٗ‫ أ‬٠‫ أهش‬.‫ٔض حهزخٍ ٓخٍس‬٤ُ ‫خ‬ٜٗ‫" ا‬ُٚ ‫ض كوِض‬٣‫هخٍؽ حُـَكش ألهزَ ٓخرض ػٔخ ٍأ‬
".‫٘خى‬ٛ ْ٤ُ ‫ حُِٔي‬ٝ ‫ق‬٣ُٞ‫ ؿٔي ؿ‬ٚٗ‫ ح‬،‫ "ال‬ُٚ ‫ كوِض‬.ٚٔ‫ ك‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٙ‫ي‬٣ ‫ػغ‬ٝٝ

I closed the heavy door behind me and we walked with heavy hearts back from the
cellar to the dining room. "So, they've got the King!" said Sapt, sitting down heavily
with his hands over his face. "That's why they said that all's well. But when did they
find out?" I asked. "Michael must've known all day," said Sapt. "What did he think
when he met me, then? He knew I was not the real King!" "It doesn't matter what he
thought then," said Sapt. "What matters is what he thinks now!" "We must get back
and collect every soldier in Strelsau. Michael will have to be caught before the King is
killed." "Wait," said Sapt. "We need to think. It must've been the old woman who
told them what had happened somehow. I understand now. They came here to
kidnap the King and they found him in that room in the cellar. If we hadn't escaped
to Strelsau, we would've been killed." "So where's the King now?" I asked. "I have
no idea," he said. "But you could see at the coronation that Duke Michael's really
worried. Let's think about how we can worry him a bit more."

ِْ‫ـ‬٣ ٞٛٝ ‫ كوخٍ ٓخرض‬.ّ‫ ؿَكش حُطؼخ‬٠ُ‫ ا‬ٞ‫ٖ ٖٓ حُوز‬٣‫ٗلٖ ػخثي‬ٝ ‫كخ‬ٞ‫د طَطؼي ه‬ِٞ‫٘خ رو‬٤‫ٓش‬ٝ ٢‫ٍحث‬ٝ ‫أؿِوض حُزخد‬
ٚ‫كٔؤُظ‬.‫٘خ‬ٛ ّ‫َح‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ء ػ‬٢‫ح إ ًَ ش‬ُٞ‫ٌح حُٔزذ هخ‬ُٜ" "!‫ حُِٔي‬٠ِ‫ٕ ػ‬ٞ‫ظللظ‬٣ ْٛ ،ً‫ "اًح‬:ٜٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٙ‫ي‬٣ ‫حػؼخ‬ٝ
‫ظٖ ػ٘يٓخ‬٣ ٕ‫ّ "كظٔخءُض "ٓخًح ًخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ش ح‬٣‫ؼِْ ٌٓ٘ ريح‬٣ ٕ‫ٌَ ًخ‬٣‫ي ٓخ‬٤ً‫ هخثال "أ‬٢٘‫ح رٌُي؟"كؤؿخر‬ِٞٔ‫ ػ‬٠‫ٌُٖ ٓظ‬ٝ"
‫ ٓخ‬ٞٛ ْٜ٣ ‫ "ٓخ‬."،ٖ٤‫ؼظوي ًُي حُل‬٣ ٕ‫ْ ٓخًح ًخ‬ٜ٣ ‫!" كوخٍ ٓخرض"ال‬٢‫و‬٤‫ ُْ أًٖ حُِٔي حُلو‬٢٘ٗ‫٘جٌ؟ ػِْ أ‬٤‫ ك‬،٢ِ٘‫هخر‬
".‫وظَ حُِٔي‬٣ ٕ‫ هزَ أ‬ٚ٤ِ‫وزغ ػ‬٣ ٕ‫ٌَ الري أ‬٣‫ ٓخ‬.َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫ ك‬١‫ٗـٔغ ًَ ؿ٘ي‬ٝ ‫ى‬ٞ‫٘خ إٔ ٗؼ‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣" "!ٕ٥‫ ح‬ٚ٤‫لٌَ ك‬٣
ٝ‫وش أ‬٣َ‫ْ روطظ٘خ رط‬ٜ‫ُ أهزَط‬ٞ‫ي حَُٔأس حُؼـ‬٤ً‫ أ‬،َ٤ٌ‫ حُظل‬٠ُ‫ "اٗ٘خ رلخؿش ا‬:‫أػخف هخثال‬ٝ "‫ال‬ٜٓ" :‫كوخٍ ٓخرض‬
٠ُ‫اًح ُْ ٌٖٗ هي ؿخىٍٗخ ا‬ٝ .ٞ‫ حُوز‬٢‫ طِي حُـَكش ك‬٢‫ ك‬ٙٝ‫ؿي‬ٝٝ ‫٘خ ُوطق حُِٔي‬ٛ ٠ُ‫ح ا‬ٝ‫ ؿخء‬.ٕ‫ٔض أال‬ٜ‫ُوي ك‬.َٟ‫رؤه‬
ٕ‫ٌٔ٘ي إٔ طيٍى أ‬٣ ‫أػخف "ٌُ٘ي‬ٝ ."،‫ كٌَس‬١‫ْ ُي‬٤ُ" :٢ُ ٍ‫ٕ؟ "كوخ‬٥‫ٖ حُِٔي ح‬٣‫ "كؤ‬:ٚ‫ كٔؤُظ‬." ‫ ُوظِ٘خ‬َُٞٔ‫ٓظ‬
".‫ال‬٤ِ‫وِن أًؼَ ه‬٣ ِٚ‫ٌٔ٘٘خ إٔ ٗـؼ‬٣ ‫ق‬٤ً ٌَ‫ ىػ٘خ ٗل‬.‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ حُوِن أػ٘خء حُظظ‬ٚ٤ِ‫ ػ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ ٕ‫ٌَ ًخ‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫حُي‬

A clock in the house struck one as Sapt stood up with a smile, and I could see that he
had another plan. "We'll go back to Strelsau," he said excitedly. "The King will be
back in the capital again tomorrow!" "How is that possible if we don't know where
he is?" "We'll go back to Strelsau and continue with the game we started. You've
done a good job until now, so why not continue?" "Do you mean you want me to be
the King again?" I asked. "Yes, I do!" he cried.

:ّ‫ كوخٍ رلٔخ‬.َٟ‫ هطش أه‬ٚ٣‫ ُي‬ٚٗ‫أىًٍض ح‬ٝ ،‫هق ٓخرض ٓزظٔٔخ‬ٝٝ ‫حكيس‬ُٞ‫ىهض حُٔخػش حُٔؼِوش رخٍُِٔ٘ طٔخّ ح‬
‫ق‬٤ً" :ٚ‫ حُؼخطٔش ؿيح!" كٔؤُظ‬٠ُ‫ ا‬َٟ‫ى َٓس أه‬ٞ‫ؼ‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ‫ "حُِٔي‬:ٕ‫أػخف أ‬ٝ "َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ى ا‬ٞ‫ف ٗؼ‬ٞٓ ‫"اٗ٘خ‬
‫ ُوي هٔض‬.‫خ‬ٛ‫ ريأٗخ‬٢‫ حُِؼزش حُظ‬٢‫ٗٔظَٔ ك‬ٝ َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ى ا‬ٞ‫ف ٗؼ‬ٞٓ" ٍ‫؟" كوخ‬ٞٛ ٖ٣‫ٗلٖ ال ٗؼَف أ‬ٝ ‫ٕ ًُي ٌٓٔ٘خ‬ٌٞ٣
‫ٕ حُِٔي َٓس‬ًٞ‫ إٔ أ‬٢٘ٓ ‫ي‬٣َ‫ حٗي ط‬٢٘‫َ طؼ‬ٛ" :ُٚ ‫ ٌُُي ُٔخًح ال ٗٔظَٔ؟"كوِض‬،ٕ٥‫ ح‬٠‫ي كظ‬٤‫ٍ حُِٔي رشٌَ ؿ‬ٝ‫ري‬
. "ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬:‫؟" كظخف هخثال‬َٟ‫أه‬

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 Question with model Answers

Answer the following questions:

1) Where did the people who were loyal to Duke Michael live in the
city of Strelsau?
They lived in the poor area of the city.
2) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll think carefully before riding through the poor
streets of the town?
Because the poor people who lived there supported Duke Michael and
Rudolf Rassendyll, who pretended to be the King, might be killed in this
part of town.
3) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll want to ride on his own through the
poor area of Strelsau?
He wanted the people who lived there to see that their King trusted them.

4) On his way to the palace, Rudolf Rassendyll, who pretended to be

the King, did what the real King had never done. Discuss.
On his way to the palace, Rudolf Rassendyll rode alone through the poor
area of Strelsau where people supported Duke Michael and didn’t like the
King. He wanted the poor people to see that their King trusted them. This
was risky as people might kill him there.
5) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll shout at Marshal Strakencz?
He wanted him to tell his soldiers to ride ahead of him because Rudolf
Rassendyll wanted to ride alone through the old town. The Marshal didn't
think that was a good idea.
6) What was the poor people’s reaction when they saw Rudolf
Rassendyll?
some of them were cheering and smiling but others were quiet and looked
at him angrily.

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7) How did Rudolf Rassendyll try to improve the King’s image in the
minds of poor people?
On his way to the palace, he insisted on riding through the poor area of the
city alone so that people would see that he trusted them and cared about
them.

8) Who was Princess Flavia?

She was a royal cousin to Rudolf Elphberg and Michael Elphberg.

9) What was Duke Michael’s reaction as soon as he saw Rudolf

Rassendyll before the coronation?
His face became white.

10) What could Rudolf Rassendyll remember of the coronation later on?
He could remember the golden crown which was put on his head. He
could also remember the promises he was asked to read out and the
beautiful music that played when someone announced ِٖ‫ أػ‬that Rudolf the
Fifth became King of Ruritania.

11) As Duke Michael congratulated Rudolf Rassendyll after the

coronation, his hands shook with anger. Give a reason.
Because he knew that Rudolf Rassendyll wasn’t the real King but he
couldn’t speak because people would ask him where the real King was.

12) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll feel worried when he saw a man he
knew from England?
He felt worried because he didn’t want anyone to recognize him.
13) What did Princess Flavia think about Rudolf Rassendyll ride
through the old town alone?
She thought the people there must have appreciated what Rassendyll had
done.

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14) According to Flavia, how did the King (Rudolf Rassendyll) look
different on the day of coronation?
She thought he looked more tired and serious. She couldn’t believe that he
had really changed.

15) Who could Rudolf Rassendyll get a permit from to leave Ruritania?
He could get it from the King of Ruritania.

16) How did Sapt and Rudolf Rassendyll leave the palace after the
coronation? Why did they go this way?
They left the palace through a secret door that led to a dark secret passage
because they didn’t want anyone to see them.

17) What did Rudolf Rassendyll do so as not to be recognized while ha

was going with Sapt to bring the King back?
His coat and hat covered his face and hair and he tried to stay low on the
horse.

18) What did Colonel Sapt do to persuade the guard's daughter at the
gate to give him the key?
He gave her a form from the King to give to her father and gave her a
coin.

19) Why was nearly everyone in Strelsau in the streets?

Everyone in Strelsau was in the streets to celebrate the coronation.
20) Why did Colonel Sapt get off his horse and put his ear to the
ground?
He wanted to make sure if there was anyone coming behind them.
21) Who was Max Holf?
He was Johann's brother who worked for Duke Michael.

22) Why didn't Colonel Sapt shoot Duke Michael when he saw him in the
forest with Max Holf?
He realized that it wouldn’t have helped the King at that moment.
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23) What did Sapt and Rudolf find when they reached the hunting
lodge?
They found that it was dark and quiet and no one came out to meet them.
The King was kidnapped and Josef was killed.

24) Who kidnapped King Rudolf the Fifth? Why?

Duke Michael kidnapped him because he wanted to take the crown.

25) Why does Rudolf Rassendyll suggest collecting every soldier in

Strelsau?
To catch Duke Michael before he kills the King.

26) Why was Sapt so anxious ‫ هَ ِِن‬about Rassendyll’s decision to ride

alone through the old town?
Poor people who supported Duke Michael lived in the old town, so
Rudolf Rassendyll’s life was in danger.
27) Why did Duke Michael’s face turn white when he saw the King
“Rudolf Rassendyll”?
Because “the King” was supposed to be lying unconscious in the hunting
lodge after eating the poisonous cakes. He knew that Rudolf Rassendyll
was not the real King.
28) Did Michael realize that Rassendyll wasn’t the real King? How do
you know?
I think he did because he was sure that the King was poisoned by the
cakes he ate the night before. Also, the Duke's men kidnapped the King
from the hunting lodge.

29) Did Princess Flavia know that Rassendyll wasn’t the real King?
What did she say about him?
No, she didn’t know he wasn’t the real King. She said that he looked
different and he was more tired and serious.

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30) Why did Rassendyll and Sapt need a permit to leave the city?
They needed a permit because the gates through the city wall were closed
at that time.

31) What did Sapt give the girl at the city gate?
He gave her a form from the King to show to her father and also gave her
a coin.
32) How did Sapt and Rassendyll get a permit from the King to leave
the city?
Sapt had a form and a paper with the King’s signature on it and he copied
the signature from the paper.

33) Which way did Sapt and Rassendyll go at the fork in the road?
They went to the right to reach the hunting lodge.
34) Which way did Duke Michael and Max Holf go at the fork in the
road?
They went to the left to reach the Castle of Zenda.

35) What do you think the message “all is well” meant?

It meant that the King was kidnapped from the hunting lodge and locked
in the castle of Zenda.

36) What did Sapt ask Rassendyll to do after they discovered that the
King had been kidnapped?
He asked him to go on pretending that he was the King as he had another
plan to save the King.

37) Why was Fritz against the idea that the King (Rassendyll) should
become popular with the poor people?
Because Duke Michael wouldn’t like it.

38) How did Duke Michael and his men know that the King was in the
cellar?
Johann’s mother must have told them.

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39) Who freed Johann’s mother in the hunting lodge? Why?
Duke Michael’s men freed her because she was a servant to the Duke and
she told them about the King.
40) What would have happened if Sapt, Fritz and Rudolf Rassendyll
hadn’t escaped to Strelsau?
They would have been killed in the hunting lodge.
41) What did Rudolf Rassendyll find in the dark room in the hunting
lodge?
He found Josef’s body.
42) How much did Colonel Sapt love the King?
He loved him so much that he would do anything for him. He never
imagined that something bad could have happened to him.
43) Why could Sapt and Rassendyll hear the people coming behind
them?
They could hear the people coming behind them because the wind was
blowing towards them.

44) Rudolf Rassendyll was supposed to leave Ruritania on the same

day of the coronation, but he didn't. Give reasons.
When he and Sapt went to the hunting lodge, they found that the King
had been kidnapped by Duke Michael's men, so Rudolf Rassendyll
agreed to go back to Strelsau and continue pretending to be the King so
that Michael wouldn't take the crown.

Chapter 4
It had not been easy to escape from Strelsau and return to the hunting lodge without
anyone seeing us, so when Sapt suggested that I return to the capital and continue
pretending to be the King, I let him know exactly what I thought. "You're mad!" I
said to Sapt. "The plan's too dangerous!" Walking up to me, Sapt put his hand on
my shoulder and then looked deep into my eyes. "Listen, if you're a man, you can
save the King. Go back and pretend to be him." "But the Duke knows where the real
King is, and all his men know!" I protested. "Yes, but they can't say anything," said
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Sapt. "Listen! We've got them! They can't say anything without showing their guilt.
They cannot say, 'This isn't the real King because we've kidnapped him and killed
his servant.' Will they say that?" I realised that Sapt was right
‫ ٌُُي ػ٘يٓخ حهظَف‬، ‫َحٗخ أكي‬٣ ٕ‫ٕ أ‬ٝ‫ي ى‬٤‫م حُظ‬ًٞ ٠ُ‫ىس ا‬ٞ‫حُؼ‬ٝ َُٞٔ‫د ٖٓ ٓظ‬َُٜٝ‫َ ح‬ُٜٔ‫ٌٖ ٖٓ ح‬٣ ُْ
.١‫ٍ روِي‬ٝ‫ي‬٣ ‫ؼِْ ٓخ‬٣ ِٚ‫أٍىص إٔ حؿؼ‬، ‫ٍ حُِٔي‬ٝ‫خّ ري‬٤‫ حُو‬٢‫حٓظَٔ ك‬ٝ ‫ حُؼخطٔش‬٠ُ‫ى ا‬ٞ‫ي ٓخرض إٔ أػ‬٤‫حُؼو‬
٢‫ ػْ ٗظَ رؼٔن ك‬٢‫ ًظل‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٙ‫ي‬٣ ‫ػغ‬ٝٝ ٢٘ٓ ‫َس ؿيح!" كخهظَد‬٤‫ "حُوطش هط‬."!ٕٞ٘‫ "أٗض ٓـ‬ُٚ ‫كوِض‬
ٍٝ‫خّ ري‬٤‫ حُو‬٢‫حٓظَٔ ك‬ٝ ‫ حُؼخطٔش‬٠ُ‫ ربٌٓخٗي اٗوخً حُِٔي" "ػي ا‬ٚٗ‫خ حَُؿَ ح‬ٜ٣‫" حٓٔغ أ‬٢ُ ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ١‫٘خ‬٤‫ػ‬
،ْ‫"ٗؼ‬٢ُ ٍ‫!" كوخ‬،٢‫و‬٤‫ٖ حُِٔي حُلو‬٣‫ٕ أ‬ِٞٔ‫ؼ‬٣ ُٚ‫ٍؿخ‬ٝ ‫م‬ٝ‫ٌح حالهظَحف "ٌُٖ حُي‬ٛ ٠ِ‫ ٓلظـخ ػ‬ُٚ ‫حُِٔي" كوِض‬
١‫ٍ أ‬ٞ‫ٕ ه‬ٞ‫ؼ‬٤‫ٔظط‬٣ ‫ْ ال‬ٜٗ‫ْ! ا‬ٜ‫! ُوي ػِٔ٘خ هطظ‬٢ُ‫ ػْ أػخف "أٗظض ا‬."‫ء‬٢‫ ش‬١‫ٍ أ‬ٞ‫ٕ ه‬ٞ‫ؼ‬٤‫ٔظط‬٣ ‫ْ ال‬ٌُٜ٘
‫هظِ٘خ‬ٝ ٙ‫ ألٗ٘خ هطل٘خ‬٢‫و‬٤‫ْ حُِٔي حُلو‬٤ُ ‫ٌح‬ٛ" ‫ح‬ُٞٞ‫و‬٣ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ أ‬٣ ‫ْ ال‬ٜ‫ ك‬، ْٜ‫ٔظ‬٣َ‫ح ؿ‬َٜٝ‫ظ‬٣ ٕ‫ٕ أ‬ٝ‫ء ى‬٢‫ش‬
.‫ي ٓخرض ًخٕ ٓلوخ‬٤‫ح ًُي؟ " أىًٍض إٔ حُؼو‬ُٞٞ‫و‬٣ ٕ‫َ ٌٖٓٔ أ‬ٛ" ٚٓ‫هخى‬

Even if Michael knew who I was, he could not say he knew, but I still had doubts.
“Sapt, surely someone in Strelsau will realise I'm not the real King," I said. "The
Princess has already said she thinks the King's changed. She'll certainly realise." "Of
course it's a risk, but we must have a King in Strelsau, or the city will belong to
Michael within twenty-four hours. You must do it, for Ruritania!" "What if the
King's already dead?" "If the real King's already dead, then you shall stay King! But
I think the King's still alive, and I don't think they'll do anything to him if you're in
the capital. They'd know that you would stay King if they killed him!"

‫ كوِض‬.‫ى‬ٌٞ‫ رؼغ حُش‬١‫ِحٍ ُي‬٣ ‫ ٌُٖ ًخٕ ال‬،‫غ حإلكظخف رٌُي‬٤‫ٔظط‬٣ ُٖ ٚٗ‫ كخ‬، ‫ٌَ ٖٓ أٗخ‬٣‫ ػِْ ٓخ‬ُٞ ٠‫كلظ‬
٢‫ؼ‬٣‫طخرؼض كي‬ٝ "٢‫و‬٤‫ ُٔض حُِٔي حُلو‬٢٘ٗ‫يٍى أ‬٣ َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫ؿي شوض ك‬ٞ٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ‫ي‬٤ً‫ "رخُظؤ‬:‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ُِؼو‬
٢ُ ٍ‫" كوخ‬.٢‫وظ‬٤‫ف طؼَف كو‬ٞٓ ‫خ‬ٜٗ‫ٖٓ ػْ كب‬ٝ .َ‫َ رخُلؼ‬٤‫خ طؼظوي إٔ حُِٔي هي طـ‬ٜٗ‫َس هخُض أ‬٤ٓ‫هخثال " إ حأل‬
٠ُ‫٘ش ا‬٣‫ حُٔي‬٢‫ي حُلٌْ ك‬٤ُ‫اال ٓظ٘ظوَ ٓوخ‬ٝ ،َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫٘خ ِٓي ك‬٣‫ٕ ُي‬ٌٞ٣ ٕ‫ـذ أ‬٣ ‫ٌُ٘٘خ‬ٝ ،‫خ ٓـخُكش‬ٜٗ‫"رخُطزغ ا‬
ُٚ ‫خ !" كوِض‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ َ‫ي إٔ طلؼَ ًُي ٖٓ حؿ‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ‫ٌُح‬.‫ٖ ٓخػش‬٣َ‫ػش‬ٝ ‫ٕ أٍرغ‬ٞ‫ ؿؼ‬٢‫ٌَ ك‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫حُي‬
‫ي‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ،َ‫ هي ٓخص رخُلؼ‬٢‫و‬٤‫ "اًح ًخٕ حُِٔي حُلو‬:٢ُ ٍ‫ هي ٓخص رخُلؼَ؟" كوخ‬٢‫و‬٤‫ ًخٕ حُِٔي حُلو‬ُٞ ‫"ٓخًح‬
ِٕٞ‫لؼ‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ْٜٗ‫أٗخ ال أػظوي أ‬ٝ ،‫خس‬٤‫ي حُل‬٤‫ ه‬٠ِ‫ أػظوي إٔ حُِٔي ٓخ ُحٍ ػ‬٢ٌُ٘٘ٝ !‫ٍ حُِٔي‬ٝ‫ ى‬٢‫حالٓظَٔحٍ ك‬
" !٢‫و‬٤‫ح حُِٔي حُلو‬ِٞ‫ٕ حٗي ٓظظَ حُِٔي اًح هظ‬ِٞٔ‫ؼ‬٣ ْٜ‫ ك‬،‫ حُؼخطٔش‬٢‫ ٓخىٓض أٗض ك‬ُٚ ‫ء‬٢‫ ش‬١‫أ‬
It was a mad plan, even madder than the first plan, which had been a success, but as
I listened to Sapt, I saw that it could work. "I still worry that someone will realise," I
said again. "Anything is possible, but come, Rassendyll! Let's go to Strelsau. We'll be
caught if we stay here." "All right, Sapt, I'll try," I said. "Good man!" said Sapt.
"I'll go and get the horses." But seconds later, he came back. "Look out of the
window." Through the window I could see in the moonlight a big group of men
coming down the road from Zenda: four were on horses, another four or five were
walking. I knew they must be Michael's men, and they seemed to be carrying spades,
coming to the house to hide their evil work. I remembered poor Josef's body and
said, "Sapt, we should make sure that some of those evil men join Josef." "Very
well," said Sapt. "As a soldier, I've had a lot of fights like this. I'll show you what to
do."
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‫ٌُٖ ػ٘يٓخ حٓظٔؼض‬ٝ ،َ‫ ًخٗض ٗخؿلش رخُلؼ‬٢‫ حُظ‬،٠ُٝ‫ٍس ٖٓ حُوطش حأل‬ٞ‫أًؼَ هط‬ٝ َ‫ ر‬،‫َس‬٤‫ُوي ًخٗض هطش هط‬
‫يٍى‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ‫ "أٗخ ال ُُض هِوخ إٔ شوظخ ٓخ‬َٟ‫ َٓس أه‬ُٚ ‫ كوِض‬.‫ ًُي‬٢‫ ػِٔض أٗ٘خ ٓ٘٘ـق ك‬،‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ حُؼو‬٠ُ‫ا‬
‫ف‬ٞٓ .!،ٍ‫خٍحٓ٘ي‬٣ َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٢ُ‫ذ ا‬ٌٛٗ ‫خ ر٘خ‬٤ٛ ٌُٖٝ ،ٌٖٔٓ ‫ء‬٢‫"ًَ ش‬٢ُ ٍ‫ كوخ‬."،٢‫و‬٤‫ ُٔض حُِٔي حُلو‬٢٘ٗ‫أ‬
"!َ‫خ ٍؿ‬٣ ‫ "أكٔ٘ض‬٢ُ ٍ‫ كوخ‬."،ٍٝ‫ ٓؤكخ‬،‫خ ٓخرض‬٣ ،‫ "كٔ٘خ‬ُٚ ‫" كوِض‬.‫٘خ‬ٛ ‫٘خ‬٤‫٘خ اًح رو‬٤ِ‫ظْ حُوزغ ػ‬٣
ٍ‫ض ٖٓ هال‬٣‫" ٍأ‬.‫ "حٗظَح ٖٓ حُ٘خكٌس‬.٢ُ ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫حٕ ػخى حُؼو‬ٞ‫ٌُٖ رؼي ػ‬ٝ ".ٍٞ٤‫حكؼَ حُو‬ٝ ‫ذ‬ًٛ‫"ٓؤ‬
٠ِ‫ح ػ‬ٞٗ‫ْ ًخ‬ٜ٘ٓ ‫ أٍرؼش‬:‫ن ٖٓ ُٗيح‬٣َ‫ حُط‬٠ِ‫َس ٖٓ حَُؿخٍ هخىٓش ػ‬٤‫ػش ًز‬ٞٔ‫ء حُؤَ ٓـ‬ٞ‫ ػ‬٢‫حُ٘خكٌس ك‬
ِٕٞٔ‫ل‬٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫ْ ًخ‬ٜٗ‫ أ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ٝ ،ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ْ ٖٓ ٍؿخٍ حُي‬ٜٗ‫ ً٘ض أػَف أ‬.ٕٞ‫ٔش‬٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫ هٔٔش ًخ‬ٝ‫أٍرؼش أ‬ٝ ،ٍٞ٤‫حُو‬
‫هِض‬ٝ ، ٖ٤ٌُٔٔ‫ق ح‬٣ُٞ‫٘جٌ ؿؼٔخٕ ؿ‬٤‫ طًٌَص ك‬.ْٜ‫ٔظ‬٣َ‫ حٍُِٔ٘ إلهلخء ٓؼخُْ ؿ‬٠ُ‫ٕ ا‬ٜٞ‫ ٓظـ‬،َ‫ٓؼيحص حُلل‬
٢‫أٗخ رظلظ‬ٝ ‫"كٔ٘خ‬٢ُ ٍ‫ كوخ‬."‫ق‬٣ُٞ‫ح رـ‬ٞ‫ئالء حَُؿخٍ حألشَحٍ ُلو‬ٛ ‫٘خ حُظؤًي ٖٓ إٔ رؼغ‬٤ِ‫ُٔخرض "ػ‬
".ٚ‫خّ ر‬٤‫ـذ حُو‬٣ ‫ٖ ُي ٓخ‬٤‫ف أر‬ٞٓٝ ،‫حهق‬ُٞٔ‫ ح‬ٌٙٛ ٖٓ َ٤‫ حٌُؼ‬٢‫ هي َٓ ر‬، ‫ش‬٣ٌَٔ‫حُؼ‬

We went out of a back door and climbed onto our horses with our swords ready. We
could hear the men arrive at the front of the hunting lodge, and one called out, "Go
and get the body." "Now!" cried Sapt, and we drove our horses fast to the front of
the building. The men looked shocked to see us and were not prepared. I easily
knocked one man off his horse, then hit another big man with my sword as he moved
towards me. But there were only two of us and within seconds I realised there were
people all around me. Just as I was about to be trapped, I saw a gap between the men
and saw my chance to escape. I turned my horse and quickly rode through the gap
towards the forest. My horse was fast but as I left, I heard a gun and I was almost
shot. I could see Sapt on his horse ahead of me, and went as quickly as I could
towards him, waving. Then I heard another shot and felt a terrible pain in my finger.
Someone shot again, but now we were too far away for them to hit us. At last I caught
up with Sapt, who was breathless but laughing. "Well done!" he said. "That was very
brave. Do you think: they saw who you were?" "Yes, one of the men said 'It's the
King' before I pushed him off his horse." "Good!" said Sapt. "That will give Michael
something to worry about."

‫ ٓويٓش‬٠ُ‫ح ا‬ِٞ‫ط‬ٝ ‫ص حَُؿخٍ ػ٘يٓخ‬ٞ‫ٓٔؼ٘خ ط‬ٝ .‫ِس‬ٛ‫ك٘خ ؿخ‬ٞ٤ٓٝ ‫ُ٘خ‬ٞ٤‫ًٍز٘خ ه‬ٝ ٢‫هَؿ٘خ ٖٓ حُزخد حُوِل‬
"ٕ٥‫ي ٓخرض هخثال "ح‬٤‫٘جٌ طخف حُؼو‬٤‫" ك‬.ٕ‫ح حُـؼٔخ‬َٝ‫حكؼ‬ٝ ‫ح‬ٞ‫ز‬ًٛ‫ْ هخثال "ح‬ٛ‫ حكي‬١‫ي ك٘خى‬٤‫م حُظ‬ًٞ ٠٘‫ٓز‬
٠ِ‫ُش ٖٓ ػ‬ٜٞٔ‫ْ ر‬ٛ‫ حٓوطض حكي‬.‫ح ٓوخرِش حكي‬ٞ‫هؼ‬ٞ‫ظ‬٣ ِْ‫ظ٘خ ك‬٣‫طيّ حَُؿَ َُإ‬ٝ .‫ؼخ‬٣َٓ ٍٞ٤‫حٗطِو٘خ رخُو‬ٝ
ٕ‫ح‬ٞ‫ٕ ػ‬ٞ‫ ؿؼ‬٢‫ك‬ٝ ‫ٖ كوؾ‬٤٘‫ ٌُ٘٘خ ً٘خ حػ‬.،١ٞ‫ ٗل‬ٚ‫ ػ٘يٓخ حطـ‬٢‫ل‬٤ٔ‫ػَرض ٍؿال ػؤخ خهَ ر‬ٝ ٙ‫حى‬ٞ‫ؿ‬
‫ٌُٖ ػ٘يٓخ‬ٝ ‫غ‬٣َٓ ٢ٗ‫ًخٕ كظخ‬ٝ .‫ حُـخرش‬ٞ‫ْ ٗل‬ٜ٘٤‫َد ٖٓ ر‬ٛ‫ حٓظطؼض إٔ ح‬٢‫ح ر‬ٌٞٔٔ٣ ٕ‫هزَ أ‬ٝ .٢ٗٞ‫أكخؽ‬
‫زض رؤَٓع ٓخ‬ًٛٝ ،٢ٓ‫ أٓخ‬ٚٗ‫ كظخ‬٠ِ‫ي ٓخرض ػ‬٤‫ حُؼو‬ٍٟ‫ ً٘ض أ‬.٢٘‫ز‬٤‫ظ‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخى أ‬١ٍ‫ ٓٔؼض ؽِن ٗخ‬،‫ؿخىٍص‬
‫ْ حُ٘خٍ َُِٔس‬ٛ‫أؽِن حكي‬ٝ .٢‫ اطزؼ‬٢‫غ ك‬٤‫شؼَص رؤُْ كظ‬ٝ َٟ‫ ػْ ٓٔؼض ؽِوش أه‬.١‫ي‬٤‫كخ ر‬ِٞٓ ٙٞ‫ٌٖٔ ٗل‬٣
ٍ‫ كوخ‬.ٚٓ‫ِظوؾ أٗلخ‬٣ ٞٛٝ ‫ؼلي‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬،‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫َح حُظلوض رخُؼو‬٤‫ أه‬.‫يح ؿيح‬٤‫ٕ ً٘خ رؼ‬٥‫ٌُ٘٘خ ح‬ٝ ،‫حُؼخ ُؼش‬
‫ كوي‬٢ِ‫ح ػ‬ٞ‫ "ٗؼْ ُوي طؼَك‬ُٚ ‫ي؟" كوِض‬٤ِ‫ح ػ‬ٞ‫ْ طؼَك‬ٜٗ‫ أ‬:‫َ طؼظوي‬ٛ " ‫أػخف ٓظٔخثال‬ٝ " !‫"أكٔ٘ض ط٘ؼخ‬٢ُ
ٌَ٣‫ـؼَ ٓخ‬٤ٓ ‫ٌح‬ٛ" ."!‫" كوخٍ "كٔ٘خ‬ٙ‫حى‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬٠ِ‫ ٖٓ ػ‬ٚ‫ًُي هزَ إٔ أٓوط‬ٝ "‫ حُِٔي‬ٚٗ‫"ح‬:ٍٞ‫و‬٣ ْٛ‫ٓٔؼض حكي‬
".‫هِوخ‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 41 Mohamed Morsi

 After a time, we stopped so that Sapt could put a bandage on my finger,
which now hurt badly. We moved on in silence, as quickly as our poor horses were
able to, until we arrived at a farm just as the sun was rising on a cold, clear day. I
covered my face, saying to the farmer that I had a bad tooth before we asked for
food. The farmer was kind and let us rest, but we knew we could not wait for long
and soon headed off. Some hours later, we saw the buildings of Strelsau ahead of us.
It was about nine o'clock and at this time of day, the city gates were open, so we went
back through the gate that we had left from.
‫ؼخ‬٣َٓ ،‫ طٔض‬٢‫َٓٗخ ك‬ٝ .‫ رشيس‬٢ُ٘ٔ‫ئ‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬٢‫ؼٔي ٓخرض اطزؼ‬٣ ٢ٌُ ‫هل٘خ‬ٞ‫ ط‬،‫هض‬ُٞ‫ٍ رؼغ ح‬َٝٓ ‫رؼي‬ٝ
،٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ‫ض‬٤‫ ؿط‬.ْٔ‫م حُش‬َٝ‫ ٍِٓػش ٓغ ش‬٠ُ‫طِ٘خ ا‬ٝ ٠‫ كظ‬،‫ٌش ٖٓ شيس حُظؼذ‬ُٜ٘ٔ‫ُ٘خ ح‬ٞ٤‫رويٍ ؽخهش ه‬
ِْ‫ٌُ٘٘خ ً٘خ ٗؼ‬ٝ ،‫ق‬٣َ‫طًَ٘خ ٗٔظ‬ٝ ‫زخ‬٤‫ ًخٕ حُِٔحٍع ؽ‬.ّ‫ هزَ إٔ ٗطِذ حُطؼخ‬٢ُ٘ٔ‫ طئ‬٢ٗ‫هِض ُِِٔحٍع إٔ أٓ٘خ‬ٝ
َُٞٔ‫ حُؼخطٔش ٓظ‬٢ٗ‫٘خ ٓزخ‬٣‫ ٍأ‬،‫رؼي رؼغ ٓخػخص‬ٝ .‫ؼخ‬٣َٓ ‫حٗطِو٘خ‬ٝ ‫ِش‬٣ٞ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ ط٘ظظَ ُلظَس ؽ‬٣ ‫أٗ٘خ ال‬
٢‫ش حُظ‬٤‫حرش حُوِل‬ٞ‫ حُز‬٠ُ‫ز٘خ ا‬ٌٛ‫ ك‬،‫كش‬ٞ‫٘ش ٓلظ‬٣‫حد حُٔي‬ٞ‫ًخٗض أر‬ٝ ،‫ حُظخٓؼش طزخكخ‬٢ُ‫ح‬ٞ‫ ًخٗض حُٔخػش ك‬.‫أٓخٓ٘خ‬
.‫خ‬ٜ٘ٓ ‫ً٘خ هي ؿخىٍٗخ‬
The streets of the city were very quiet, as most of the people were resting after the
celebrations, and we saw almost no one until we were back at the palace. Here, one of
Sapt's servants was waiting for us. "Is all well, sir?" he asked. "Yes, Freyler, all is
well," answered Sapt. "But the King's hurt?" he said, seeing my finger. "It's
nothing," I said. "He caught his finger in a door," Sapt explained. "Now remember,
say nothing about this. All young men like to ride their horses now and then, so why
not the King?"

٠‫زخ ُْ َٗ أكيح كظ‬٣َ‫طو‬ٝ ،‫ٕ رؼي حالكظلخالص‬ٞ‫ل‬٣َ‫ٔظ‬٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫ ألٕ ٓؼظْ حُ٘خّ ًخ‬،‫خىثش ؿيح‬ٛ ‫٘ش‬٣‫حٍع حُٔي‬ٞ‫ًخٗض ش‬
‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ء ػ‬٢‫َ ًَ ش‬ٛ" ‫ي ٓخرض هخثال‬٤‫ كٔؤٍ حُؼو‬.‫ حٗظظخٍٗخ‬٢‫ي ٓخرض ك‬٤‫٘خ ًخٕ حكي ٍؿخٍ حُؼو‬ٛ ٝ .َ‫ىهِ٘خ حُوظ‬
‫ش‬٣‫َِ ػ٘ي ٍإ‬٣َ‫ كظٔخءٍ ك‬."ّ‫َح‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ء ػ‬٢‫ ًَ ش‬،َِ٣َ‫خ ك‬٣ ْ‫ ٓخرض هخثال "ٗؼ‬ٚ‫؟"كؤؿخر‬١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ،ّ‫َح‬٣
‫ػلخ "ُوي هلَ حُزخد‬ٞٓ ‫ ٓخرض‬ُٚ ٍ‫ كوخ‬."،‫ؾ‬٤ٔ‫ء ر‬٢‫ ش‬ٚٗ‫ "ح‬ُٚ ‫ هخثال "ٌُٖ حُِٔي ٓظخد؟" كوِض‬٢‫اطزؼ‬
،َ‫ه‬٥‫ح‬ٝ ٖ٤‫ٖ حُل‬٤‫ْ ر‬ُٜٞ٤‫د ه‬ًٍٞ ٢‫غ حُشزخٕ طَؿذ ك‬٤ٔ‫ كـ‬١‫وزَ أكيح ػٔخ ٍأ‬٣ ‫ أال‬ًًَٙٝ ٚ‫ اطزؼ‬٠ِ‫ػ‬
" !‫لؼَ حُِٔي ًُي ؟‬٣ ‫كِٔخًح ال‬
As the servant led our horses away, Sapt said quietly to me, "Freyler's a good
servant, but sometimes it's best not to trust even the best of men." Sapt put the key in
the secret door and we went back inside the palace, down the passage to the King's
room. Back inside, Fritz, who had been asleep, jumped up when he heard us and
cried, "My King, you're safe! I'm so pleased." He then bowed down in front of me.
"Even Fritz thinks you're the real King!" laughed Sapt. "I think we can do this."
"Oh! Rassendyll?" said Fritz in surprise. "But what's happened to your hand? Are
you hurt?" "It's nothing serious. What's more important is what we have to tell
you." "What is it? Where's the real King?" he cried. "Be quiet, Fritz!" said Sapt.
"Don't speak so loudly! People will hear us." Suddenly there was a knock at the
door, so Sapt took me by the arm. "Quick! Go into the bedroom, take your hat and
boots off and climb into bed. Cover yourself up so people think you're asleep."

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 42 Mohamed Morsi

ّ‫خٕ ٖٓ حألكؼَ ػي‬٤‫ رؼغ حألك‬٢‫ٌُٖ ك‬ٝ ،‫ي‬٤‫َِ هخىّ ؿ‬٣َ‫ء "ك‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ ٓخرض ر‬٢ُ ٍ‫ٍ هخ‬ٞ٤‫َِ رخُو‬٣َ‫ذ ك‬ًٛ ‫ُٔخ‬ٝ
٠ُ‫ ٖٓ هالٍ حَُٔٔ ا‬،َ‫ىهِ٘خ حُوظ‬ٝ ١َُٔ‫ حُزخد ح‬٢‫ػغ ٓخرض حُٔلظخف ك‬ٝ ".ٍ‫ أكؼَ حَُؿخ‬٢‫ ك‬٠‫حُؼوش كظ‬
٠٘‫حٗل‬ٝ ‫ي ُٔالٓظي‬٤‫ ٓؼ‬٢٘ٗ‫ ا‬١‫ي‬٤ٓ " ‫طخف هخثال‬ٝ، ِ‫ ًخٕ ٗخثٔخ هل‬١ٌُ‫ظِ ح‬٣َ‫ػ٘يٓخ ٓٔؼ٘خ ك‬ٝ .‫ؿَكش حُِٔي‬
ٕ‫ٌٖٔ أ‬٣ ‫ "أػظوي أٗ٘خ‬.‫أػخف هخثال‬ٝ "!٢‫و‬٤‫ؼظوي أٗي حُِٔي حُلو‬٣ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ك‬٠‫ " كظ‬:‫" ػلي ٓخرض هخثال‬.٢ٓ‫أٓخ‬
‫َ أٗض‬ٛ ‫أػخف ٓظٔخثال "ٌُٖ ٓخًح كيع ُي؟‬ٝ"‫خ ٍحٓ٘يٍ؟‬٣ !ٙٝ‫شخ "أ‬ٛ‫ظِ ٓ٘ي‬٣َ‫" كوخٍ ك‬.‫ٔظ٘خ‬ٜٓ ٢‫ٗ٘ـق ك‬
‫؟‬ٞٛ ‫" كظخف ٓظٔخثال "ٓخ‬.‫ ُي‬ُٚٞ‫ـذ إٔ ٗو‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬ٞٛ ‫ش‬٤ٔٛ‫ٌُٖ حألًؼَ أ‬ٝ ‫ؾ‬٤ٔ‫ء ر‬٢‫ ش‬ٚٗ‫ "ا‬ُٚ ‫ٓظخد؟" كوِض‬
‫كـؤس‬ٝ ."‫ص ػخٍ! حُ٘خّ هي طٔٔؼ٘خ‬ٞ‫ظِ! ال طظليع رظ‬٣َ‫خ ك‬٣ ،‫خىثخ‬ٛ ًٖ" ‫ ٓخرض‬ُٚ ٍ‫ كوخ‬."‫؟‬٢‫و‬٤‫ٖ حُِٔي حُلو‬٣‫أ‬
‫حهِغ‬ٝ ،ُّٞ٘‫ ؿَكش ح‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ًٛ‫ "رَٔػش! ح‬.٢ُ ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ٢‫ ٓخرض ٖٓ ًٍحػ‬٢ٌٗ‫ كؤه‬،‫ حُزخد‬٠ِ‫٘خى ؽَم ػ‬ٛ ٕ‫ًخ‬
"ْ‫ظٖ حُ٘خّ حٗي ٗخث‬٣ ٠‫يح كظ‬٤‫ ٗلٔي ؿ‬٢‫ؿط‬ٝ ‫هزؼظي‬ٝ ‫ي‬٤ِ‫ٗؼ‬

I did as I was told, but a minute later Sapt came into the bedroom and smiled. He
introduced me to a polite young gentleman who came up to my bed and told me that
he was a servant of Princess Flavia, who had sent him to find out how the King was
feeling after the coronation. "Send her my thanks," I said, "and tell her that I've
never felt better in my life." "The King's had a good long sleep," said Sapt. The
servant bowed and left, and I smiled at Sapt. But Fritz still looked very serious.
‫ٌد ؿخء‬ٜٓ ‫ ٍؿَ شخد‬٢ُ ّ‫هي‬ٝ .‫ّ ٓزظٔٔخ‬ُٞ٘‫ ؿَكش ح‬٠ُ‫حكيس ؿخء ٓخرض ا‬ٝ ‫وش‬٤‫ٌُٖ رؼي ىه‬ٝ ،٢ُ َ٤‫كؼِض ًٔخ ه‬
.‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ٍ حُِٔي رؼي حُظظ‬ٞ‫ق ًخٕ شؼ‬٤ً ‫َس ُٔؼَكش‬٤ٓ‫ حأل‬ٚ‫ أٍِٓظ‬، ‫خ‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ هخىّ حأل‬ٚٗ‫ أ‬٢ُ ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ١َ٣َٓ ٠ُ‫ا‬
‫ٓخ‬ٞٗ ّ‫ "إ حُِٔي هي ٗخ‬:‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ حُؼو‬ُٚ ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ "ٍ‫كخ‬ٝ ‫ أطْ طلش‬٢‫ ك‬٢٘ٗ‫خ أ‬َٛ‫حهز‬ٝ ،٢‫خط‬٤‫خ طل‬ٜ‫"رِـ‬ُٚ ‫كوِض‬
.‫ظِ ٓخُحٍ ؿخىح ؿيح‬٣َ‫ٌُٖ ك‬ٝ .‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ حرظٔٔض ُِؼو‬،‫حٗظَف‬ٝ ّ‫ حُوخى‬٠٘‫ حٗل‬."ْٓ‫ِش أ‬٤ُ ‫وخ‬٤ٔ‫ػ‬
"Tell me, is the King dead?" he asked quietly. “We don't think so," I answered. "But
Duke Michael's holding him prisoner." The next day, it took Sapt three hours to tell
me all about the King's duties. It seems that a king's life is quite hard, but a pretend
king's life is even harder. At least Sapt stayed with me to tell me what I ought to do
and what I ought not to do, and what I should say to the many important people I
had to meet during the day. I was worried when I met the French ambassador and he
asked me a question which I could not answer, but later Sapt told me that I should
not worry, as the real King would not have been able to answer either. I also had to
tell everyone that I could not write because of my finger, so many important
documents were not completed.
‫م‬ٝ‫أػلض "ٌُٖ حُي‬ٝ ."‫ هخثال "ٗلٖ ال ٗؼظوي ًُي‬ٚ‫ كؤؿزظ‬."‫َ ٓخص حُِٔي؟‬ٛ ،٢ُ ‫ح‬ُٞٞ‫ "ه‬:‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫طٔخءٍ ر‬ٝ
ٖ‫ء ػ‬٢‫ رٌَ ش‬٢َٗ‫وز‬٣ ‫ي ٓخرض هَحرش ػالع ٓخػخص‬٤‫ ظَ حُؼو‬،٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ك‬ٝ ".ٖ٤‫ ًٔـ‬ِٙ‫لظـ‬٣ ٌَ٣‫ٓخ‬
‫ي‬٤‫هق حُؼو‬ٝ ٍ‫ش كخ‬٣‫ أ‬٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ .‫رش‬ٞ‫ْ أًؼَ طؼ‬ٛ‫ي‬٤ِ‫ٌُٖ طو‬ٝ ،‫ى طؼزش ؿيح‬ُِٞٔ‫خس ح‬٤‫ إٔ ك‬٢ُ ‫ريح‬ٝ .‫حؿزخص حُِٔي‬ٝ
ُٚٞ‫ إٔ أه‬٢ِ‫ ػ‬٢‫٘زـ‬٣ ‫ ًٌُي ٓخ‬، .ِٚ‫ إٔ حكؼ‬٢ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ‫ٓخ ال‬ٝ ِٚ‫ إٔ حكؼ‬٢ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ُ‫ ا‬٢ٗ‫َشي‬٤ُ ١ٍ‫ح‬ٞ‫ػخرض رـ‬
٢ُ٘‫ٓؤ‬ٝ ٢َٔٗ‫َ حُل‬٤‫ض رخُٔل‬٤‫ّ ػ٘يٓخ حُظو‬ٞ٣ ‫ً٘ض هِوخ ًحص‬ٝ .ّٞ٤ُ‫ ٓيحٍ ح‬٠ِ‫خ ػ‬ِٜ‫ أهخر‬٢‫ٔش حُظ‬ُٜٔ‫خص ح‬٤‫ُِشوظ‬
٢‫و‬٤‫ حُِٔي حُلو‬٠‫ ُِوِن كلظ‬٢‫ ٓخرض هخثال ال ىحػ‬٢٘٘‫هض الكن ؽٔج‬ٝ ٢‫ٌُٖ ك‬ٝ ،ٚ٤ِ‫ٓئحٍ ُْ أٓظطغ حإلؿخرش ػ‬
ٖٓ ‫ي‬٣‫ حُؼي‬٠ِ‫غ ػ‬٤‫ه‬ٞ‫ حُظ‬٢ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ ‫ ال‬٢٘ٗ‫غ أ‬٤ٔ‫ إٔ حهزَ حُـ‬٠ِ‫ًخٕ ُِحٓخ ػ‬ٝ .‫ؼخ‬٣‫ حإلؿخرش أ‬٠ِ‫ حُويٍس ػ‬ٚ٣‫ْ ُي‬٤ُ
.٢‫ ربطزؼ‬٢‫ٔش ٗظَح إلطخرظ‬ُٜٔ‫حُٔٔظ٘يحص ح‬
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 43 Mohamed Morsi
After many hours of meetings, I was finally alone with my friends once more. I asked
a new servant, who had never met the real King, for a drink and then asked Sapt if I
could rest at last. I was not used to such hard work. "Rest? No! We mustn't waste
any time! Shouldn't we plan how to attack Michael?" asked Fritz. "Let's take things
slowly," said Sapt. "So aren't we going to do anything?" said Fritz. "We aren't going
to do anything dangerous," answered Sapt. "If people find out who I am," I said,
"then I'll fight with the Duke. But at the moment, let's wait to see what the Duke
does." "He'll kill the King," said Fritz. "He won't," said Sapt. "If he kills the King,
he knows that Rassendyll will stay as King instead. And he cannot accuse Rassendyll
of anything because then people will know that he's kidnapped the King." "And we
cannot accuse him in public without admitting that I'm not the real King," I
explained. "So no one can do anything! It's a stalemate!" cried Fritz. "But wait. Half
of Michael's Six Men are in Strelsau with the Duke." "Only half? Then that means
the other half are guarding the King," said Sapt. “Yes, you're right," said Fritz. "So
that means the King must be alive. If the King were dead, all the Six Men would be
here with the Duke."
‫ ؽِزض ٖٓ حكي‬.َٟ‫ َٓس أه‬٢‫ ٓغ أطيهخث‬١‫كي‬ٝ ‫ش حُٔطخف‬٣‫خ‬ٜٗ ٢‫ أطزلض ك‬،‫رؼي ػيس ٓخػخص ٖٓ حالؿظٔخػخص‬ٝ
‫ق‬٣َ‫ي ٓخرض إٔ أٓظ‬٤‫رخ ػْ ؽِزض ٖٓ حُؼو‬َٝ‫ ٓش‬٢ُ َ‫لؼ‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬، ‫ هؾ‬٢‫و‬٤‫ِظن حُِٔي حُلو‬٣ ُْ ١ٌُ‫ح‬ٝ ‫حُويّ حُـيى‬
!‫هض‬ُٞ‫غ ح‬٤‫٘خ أال ٗؼ‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ !‫ق؟ ال‬٣َ‫ظِ هخثال "طٔظ‬٣َ‫ كظٔخءٍ ك‬.‫ٌح حُؼَٔ حُشخم‬ٛ َ‫ ٓؼ‬٠ِ‫ كخٗخ ُْ حػظي ػ‬. ‫ال‬٤ِ‫ه‬
ٍ‫ كوخ‬."َٓ‫ حأل‬٢‫غ ك‬٣َ‫ ٓخرض هخثال " ىػ٘خ ٗظ‬ٚ٤ِ‫ٌَ؟" كَى ػ‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ش حُي‬ٜ‫حؿ‬ٞٓ ‫ش‬٤‫ل‬٤ٌُ ‫٘خ إٔ ٗوطؾ‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ‫أال‬
ِْ‫"اًح ػ‬ُٚ ‫َ" كوِض‬٤‫ء هط‬٢‫ ش‬١‫ "ٗلٖ ُٖ طلؼَ أ‬.‫ ٓخرض‬ُٚ ٍ‫ء؟"كوخ‬٢‫ ش‬١‫ِ٘خ كِٖ ٗلؼَ أ‬ٜٔ‫ ط‬ُٞ"ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ك‬ُٚ
ٕ‫ظِ " أ‬٣َ‫ ك‬٢ُ ٍ‫ كوخ‬."‫م‬ٝ‫لؼَ ى‬٤ٓ ‫ ٓخًح‬َُٟ٘ َ‫ٗخ ٗ٘ظظ‬ٞ‫ ىػ‬،‫خ‬٤ُ‫ٌُٖ كخ‬ٝ ‫م‬ٝ‫ّ حُي‬ٝ‫٘جٌ ٓ٘وخ‬٤‫ ك‬٢‫وظ‬٤‫حُ٘خّ كو‬
َ‫ اًح كؼ‬ٚٗ‫ؼِْ ح‬٣ ٚٗ‫وظَ حُِٔي أل‬٣ ُٖ ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ي ٓخرض" إ حُي‬٤‫ حُؼو‬ُٚ ٍ‫وظَ حُِٔي" كوخ‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫حُي‬
‫ هي‬ٚٗ‫ف طؼِْ ح‬ٞٓ ّ‫ء ألٕ حُ٘خ‬٢‫ ش‬١‫خّ ٍحٓ٘يٍ رؤ‬ٜ‫ حط‬ٌٚ٘ٔ٣ ُٖٝ ‫ٍ حُِٔي‬ٝ‫ّ ري‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ٍ‫ظَ ٍحٓ٘ي‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٔ‫ًُي ك‬
٢٘ٗ‫ٕ حالػظَحف رؤ‬ٝ‫ء ػِ٘خ ى‬٢‫ ش‬١‫ رؤ‬ٜٚٔ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ ٗظ‬٣ ‫ؼخ ال‬٣‫ٗلٖ أ‬ٝ" ‫ػلخ‬ٞٓ ‫" كوِض‬٢‫و‬٤‫هطق حُِٔي حُلو‬
‫ال‬ٜٓ ‫أػخف هخثال‬ٝ !‫ ٓؤُم‬ٚٗ‫ء! ا‬٢‫ ش‬١‫لؼَ أ‬٣ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ ٌُالٗخ أ‬٣ ‫ظِ هخثال "ٌُح ال‬٣َ‫" كظخف ك‬.٢‫و‬٤‫ُٔض حُِٔي حُلو‬
‫ي ٓخرض " حُ٘ظق كوؾ؟‬٤‫ كوخٍ حُؼو‬."ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ ٓغ حُي‬َُٞٔ‫ حُؼخطٔش ٓظ‬٢‫ٌَ حُٔظش ك‬٣‫خ ٓخىس ٗظق ٍؿخٍ ٓخ‬٣
ْٕ َ ‫ إٔ حُِٔيَ الري أ‬٢٘‫َ ْؼ‬٣ ‫ٌح‬ٛٝ ،‫ كن‬٠ِ‫ أٗض ػ‬،ْ‫ظِ "ٗؼ‬٣َ‫ ك‬ُٚ ٍ‫لَّ حُِٔي" كوخ‬٣ َ‫ إٔ حُ٘ظق حأله‬٢٘‫ؼ‬٣ ‫ٌح‬ٜ‫ك‬
".‫م‬ٝ‫حُي‬
ِ ‫٘خ َٓغ‬ٛ ‫ ٌُخٕ حَُؿخٍ حُٔظّش‬،‫حُِٔي هي ٓخص‬
ِ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ِٞ‫ ك‬.‫َّخ‬٤‫َٕ ك‬ٌَُٞ٣

"Excuse me, but who are the Six Men?" I asked. "Unfortunately I fear you'll soon be
meeting them," said Fritz. "They're six special soldiers who Michael keeps in his
house at all times. They're completely loyal to him. Three are from Ruritania, one is
Belgian, one French, and one's from your country." "They'll do whatever Michael
asks them to do," continued Sapt. "Would they try to kill me?" I asked nervously.
"Without a doubt. Which three are here in Strelsau, Fritz?" asked Sapt. 'The three
foreigners: De Gautet, Bersonin and Detchard." "So they were not the men we saw at
the hunting lodge?" I asked. "I wish they were," said Sapt, "because then there'd
only be four and not six of them."

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 44 Mohamed Morsi

ُِْٜ‫ٓظُوخر‬
َ ‫ أّٗي‬٠‫ء حُلع أهش‬ُٞٔ" ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ك‬٢ُ ٍ‫ْ حَُؿخٍ حُٔظّش؟ " كوخ‬ٛ ْٖ َٓ ٌُٖٝ ،‫ح‬ٞ‫ٔخ ٓظٔخثال "ػل‬ُٜ ‫كوِض‬
ْٛٝ ُِٚ٘ٓ ٢‫ْ ىحثٔخ ك‬ٜ‫لظلع ر‬٣ ٞٛٝ ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ْ ٓظّش ٖٓ حُلَّ حُوخص رخُي‬ٜٗ‫ "ا‬:‫أػخف هخثال‬ٝ ، "ً‫زخ‬٣َ‫ه‬
َ‫حط‬ٝٝ ". َ‫حُؼخُغ ِٓ ْٖ رال ِىى‬ٝ ٢َٔٗ‫خهَ ك‬ٝ ،٢ٌ٤
ُ ‫حكي رِـ‬ٝٝ ، ‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ُش‬ٝ‫ْ ِٓ ْٖ ى‬ٜ٘ٓ ‫ ػالػش‬.‫ طٔخٓخ‬ُٚ ُٕٞ‫ح‬ٞٓ
َْ َٛ " :‫ش‬٤‫ٌَ " كظٔخءُض رؼظز‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ْ حُي‬ٜ٘ٓ ٚ‫طِز‬٣ ‫ٕ ًَ ٓخ‬ِٞ‫لؼ‬٣ ْٜٗ‫ي ٓخرض هخثال " ا‬٤‫غ حُؼو‬٣‫حُلي‬
‫ْ حُؼالػش‬ٛ ٖٓ" ‫ظِ هخثال‬٣َ‫ٓؤٍ ٓخرض ك‬ٝ ". ّ‫ٕ شَي‬ٝ‫ "ري‬:‫ي ٓخرض هخثال‬٤‫؟" كؤؿخد حُؼو‬٢ِْ‫َٕ هَظ‬ُٞٝ‫ُلخ‬٤ٓ
)َٖٗٞٓ‫(ر‬ٝ )‫ ؿخطض‬١‫ْ (ى‬ٛٝ : ‫ظِ هخثال " حألؿخٗذ حُؼالػش‬٣َ‫ ك‬ٚ‫؟" كؤؿخر‬َُٞٔ‫ٕ رخُؼخطٔش ٓظ‬٥‫ٕ ح‬ٝ‫ى‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ُٞٔ‫ح‬
٢٘‫ي ؟" كؤؿخر‬٤‫م حُظ‬ًٞ ٢‫ْ ك‬ٛ‫يٗخ‬ٛ‫ٖ شخ‬٣ٌُ‫ح حَُؿخٍ ح‬ٞٔ٤ُ ْٜٗ‫ي ٓخرض هخثال "اًح ا‬٤‫ظشخٍى)" كٔؤُض حُؼو‬٣‫(ى‬ٝ
".‫ْ ٓظش‬٤ُٝ ْٜ٘ٓ ‫٘خى أٍرؼش‬ٛ ٌٕٞ٤ٓ ‫ حُلخُش‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ ك‬ٚٗ‫ْ أل‬ٛ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫ ًخ‬ُٞ ٠ّ٘ٔ‫ "أَط‬:‫ٓخرض هخثال‬

I now decided that I should act – perhaps like all real kings do – by keeping
some secrets even from the people I could trust the most. My plan was to make
myself as popular as I could, and say nothing bad about Michael. In this way, I could
hope to stop the poorer people of Strelsau from thinking badly about me. Then, if
there were a fight, perhaps people would not want to follow Michael, although of
course I hoped there would not be such a fight. Perhaps I could actually enjoy my
game in Strelsau and something good would come from it. Michael would not grow
stronger while the game lasted.
٠‫ن حالكظلخظ رزؼغ حألَٓحٍ كظ‬٣َ‫ًُي ػٖ ؽ‬ٝ – ٖ٤٤‫و‬٤‫ى حُلو‬ُِٞٔ‫ ٍرٔخ ٓؼَ ًَ ح‬- ‫٘جٌ إٔ أطظَف‬٤‫هٍَص ك‬
‫أال‬ٝ ،ٕ‫ هيٍ حإلٌٓخ‬٢‫ شؼز‬ٟ‫ال ُي‬ٞ‫هز‬ٝ ‫ش‬٤‫ شؼز‬٢ٔ‫ إٔ حؿؼَ ُ٘ل‬٢‫ًخٗض هطظ‬ٝ .‫َح‬٤‫ْ ًؼ‬ٜ‫ٖ أػن ر‬٣ٌُ‫ػٖ حُ٘خّ ح‬
ٖٓ ‫ٕ رخُؼخطٔش‬ٝ‫ى‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ُٞٔ‫ ٓ٘غ حُلوَحء ح‬٢‫ٌٖٔ إٔ ٗؤَٓ ك‬٣ ،‫وش‬٣َ‫ حُط‬ٌٜٙ‫ر‬ٝ .ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ حُي‬٢‫ء ػٖ أه‬ٞٔ‫أطليع ر‬
ْ‫ حَُؿ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬، ٌَ٣‫ئالء حُ٘خّ ػٖ حالٗؼٔخّ ُٔخ‬ٛ ‫ٔظ٘غ‬٣ ‫ ٍرٔخ‬،ٍ‫٘خى هظخ‬ٛ ٕ‫ اًح ًخ‬،ْ‫ٖٓ ػ‬ٝ .٢‫ء حُظٖ ر‬ٞٓ
٢‫ؤط‬٣ ‫ هي‬ٚٗ‫ح‬ٝ ,َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫ ك‬ٚ‫ّ ر‬ٞ‫ٍرٔخ ريأص كؼال أٓظٔظغ رٔخ أه‬ٝ .‫٘خى طيحٓخ‬ٛ ٌٕٞ٣ ‫ ً٘ض خَٓ أال‬٢٘ٗ‫رخُطزغ أ‬
.‫ٍ حُِٔي‬ٝ‫خّ ري‬٤‫ حُو‬٢‫ض ك‬٣َٔ‫ اًح آظ‬ٟٞ‫ظزق أه‬٣ ُٖ ٌَ٣‫ ًٔخ إٔ ٓخ‬.ٚ٘ٓ ‫يح‬٤‫ء ؿ‬٢‫ش‬
My plan began the next day, when I rode my horse through the park with
Fritz and waved to everyone who bowed to me. The more my people saw of me, the
more they would realise I cared about them and their lives. I was not going to be a
distant king who people only heard about. And as I had done before the coronation, I
wanted to be seen most in the old town, where most of the poor people lived. Riding
through some of the narrowest and oldest town streets, I stopped to buy flowers from
a poor young girl with a gold coin. This attracted a lot of interest, and soon hundreds
of people were following me on my way to the home of Princess Flavia. I knew the
Princess was very popular and the people seemed very pleased that I had gone to see
her. Moreover, if I had the support of the Princess, this could only help me. Fritz also
thought this was a good idea and came with me on my visit to the Princess's palace.
ٖٓ ٌَُ ‫ف‬ُٞ‫ً٘ض أ‬ٝ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫وش ٓغ ك‬٣‫ ٖٓ هالٍ حُلي‬١‫حى‬ٞ‫ًُي ػ٘يٓخ ًٍزض ؿ‬ٝ ،٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ ك‬٢‫ريأص هطظ‬ٝ
ًٖ‫ ُْ أ‬.ْٜ‫خط‬٤‫رل‬ٝ ْٜ‫ظْ ر‬ٛ‫ أ‬٢٘ٗ‫ح أًؼَ أ‬ًٍٞ‫ ًِٔخ أى‬، ْٜ٘٤‫َ ر‬٤ٓ‫ أ‬٢‫ شؼز‬٢ٗ‫ ًِٔخ ٍخ‬ٚ٤‫ كٔٔخ الشي ك‬.- ٢ُ ٢٘‫٘ل‬٣
ْ٣‫ أٍىص إٔ أطلوي حُـِء حُوي‬،‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ًٔخ كؼِض هزَ حُظظ‬ٝ .ٚ٘‫ٔٔغ كوؾ حُ٘خّ ػ‬٣ ٚ‫يح ػٖ شؼز‬٤‫ٕ ٌِٓخ رؼ‬ًٞ‫ي إٔ أ‬٣ٍ‫أ‬
‫هلض ُشَحء‬ٞ‫ ط‬،‫ٔش‬٣‫حُوي‬ٝ ‫وش‬٤‫حٍع حُؼ‬ٞ‫ ُزؼغ حُش‬١‫أػ٘خء طلوي‬ٝ .‫ْ ٓؼظْ حُ٘خّ حُلوَحء‬٤‫و‬٣ ‫غ‬٤‫ ك‬، ‫٘ش‬٣‫ٖٓ حُٔي‬
ّ‫ظٔخّ حُ٘خ‬ٛ‫َ ٖٓ ح‬٤‫ٌح حٌُؼ‬ٛ ٢‫ؼ‬٤٘‫ُوي ؿٌد ط‬ٝ .‫ش‬٤‫ز‬ًٛ ‫خ ػِٔش‬ٜ٤ُ‫ىكؼض ا‬ٝ ‫َس‬٤‫ٍ ٖٓ كظخس شخرش كو‬ُِٞٛ‫رؼغ ح‬
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 45 Mohamed Morsi
‫َس طظٔظغ‬٤ٓ‫ ً٘ض حػِْ إٔ حأل‬.‫خ‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ ٍِٓ٘ حأل‬٠ُ‫ ا‬٢‫و‬٣َ‫ ؽ‬٢‫ْ ك‬ٜ٘ٓ ‫ حُٔجخص‬٢٘ ‫َٓػخٕ ٓخ طزؼ‬ٝ ،‫حُزٔطخء‬
٠ِ‫ اًح كظِض ػ‬٢٘ٗ‫ كب‬،‫ كؼال ػٖ ًُي‬.‫خ‬ٜ‫ظ‬٣‫زض َُإ‬ًٛ ‫ش حُٔؼخىس ػ٘يٓخ‬٣‫ ؿخ‬٢‫َس ؿيح ٌُح ريح حُ٘خّ ك‬٤‫ش ًز‬٤‫رشؼز‬
٢‫ ك‬٢‫ؿخء ٓؼ‬ٝ ،‫يس‬٤‫خ كٌَس ؿ‬َٛ‫حػظز‬ٝ ‫ؼخ‬٣‫ظِ ًُي أ‬٣َ‫ُوي حػظوي ك‬ٝ .،٢‫هل‬ٞٓ ٖٓ ُِ‫ؼ‬٤ٓ ‫ كخٕ ًُي‬٢ُ ‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ىػْ حأل‬
.‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ ُوظَ حأل‬٢‫خٍط‬٣ُ

I was shown into a guest room full of enormous mirrors, paintings and
beautiful furniture, and soon the Princess arrived with her servants. I knew that I
had to be very careful when I talked to the Princess. I needed the Princess to trust
me, but I did not want to say too much to her, or she would realise I was not the real
King. And although I wanted to show her that I trusted her, she must not think she
could say what she liked to me, because I was not the man she thought I was. "You
have completely changed since you became King, sir," she said. "You need not call
me 'sir'," I told her. "For after all, we are still cousins." She looked at me, then said,
''I'm proud to do so, Rudolf. But I think your face has changed." I needed to talk
about something else, so I said, "My brother's back in the city, I hear. He went away
for a while, didn't he?" "Yes, I hear he's back in Strelsau." "That's good. The nearer
he is to me, the better." The Princess looked at me. "Do you want him to be near you
so that you know what he's doing?" "I'd like him to be near me because he's my half-
brother. We're family!" I answered. "We need to help and support each other.
Unfortunately, I've heard he can't stay in Strelsau for very long."
‫َٓػخٕ ٓخ‬ٝ ،َ٤ٔ‫حألػخع حُـ‬ٝ ‫كخص‬ُِٞ‫ح‬ٝ ‫خ حُؼؤش‬٣‫جش رخَُٔح‬٤ِٓ ‫ ًخٗض‬٢‫حُظ‬ٝ ‫ف‬ٞ٤‫ ؿَكش حُؼ‬٠ُ‫أهٌص ح‬
٠ُ‫ً٘ض رلخؿش ا‬ٝ .‫خ‬ٜ٤ُ‫ٕ كٌٍح ؿيح ػ٘يٓخ أطليع ا‬ًٞ‫ـذ إٔ أ‬٣ ٢٘ٗ‫ ً٘ض أػَف أ‬.‫خ‬ٜٓ‫َس ٓغ هي‬٤ٓ‫طِض حأل‬ٝ
‫ ُٔض حُِٔي‬٢٘ٗ‫خ هي طيٍى رٌُي أ‬ٜٗ‫ أل‬، ُّ‫خ أًؼَ ٖٓ حُال‬ٜ٤ُ‫ي إٔ أطليع ا‬٣ٍ‫ٌُٖ ُْ أًٖ أ‬ٝ ،‫خ‬ٜ‫ًٔذ ػوظ‬
ٕ‫ أ‬٠ِ‫خ هخىٍس ػ‬ٜٗ‫ـذ إٔ طؼظوي أ‬٣ ‫خ ال‬ٜٗ‫ اال أ‬،‫خ‬ٜ‫ أػن ر‬٢٘ٗ‫خ أ‬ُٜ َٜ‫ أٍىص إٔ أظ‬٢٘ٗ‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ أ‬٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ .٢‫و‬٤‫حُلو‬
‫خ‬٣ ،‫َص طٔخٓخ ٌٓ٘ إٔ أطزلض حُِٔي‬٤‫ "ُوي طـ‬:٢ُ ‫ كوخُض‬.٢‫و‬٤‫ ُْ أًٖ حُِٔي حُلو‬٢٘ٗ‫ أل‬،٢ُ ‫ٍ ٓخ طلذ‬ٞ‫طو‬
‫ كبٗ٘خ ال ِٗحٍ أر٘خء‬،ٍ‫ش كخ‬٣‫ أ‬٠ِ‫ "كؼ‬."،'١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣' ٢ُ ٢ُٞ‫ إٔ طو‬٠ُ‫ "ُٔض رلخؿش ا‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬."،١‫ي‬٤ٓ
ٕ‫" أٍىص أ‬.َ٤‫ي هي طـ‬ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٕ‫ٌُٖ أػظوي أ‬ٝ .‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ‫خ‬٣ ،‫ٍس رٌُي‬ٞ‫ '' أٗخ كو‬:‫ ػْ هخُض‬٢ُ‫ ك٘ظَص ا‬."‫ٓش‬ٞٔ‫ػ‬
‫يح ُزؼغ‬٤‫ذ رؼ‬ًٛ ٚٗ‫ ٓٔؼض ح‬،‫٘ش‬٣‫ حُٔي‬٠ُ‫ ا‬َٟ‫ٌَ َٓس أه‬٣‫ ٓخ‬٢‫ "ُوي ػخى أه‬،‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ ٌُُي هِض‬، ‫ع‬ٞ‫ػ‬ُٞٔ‫َ ح‬٤‫أؿ‬
ٕ‫ كٌِٔخ ًخ‬.‫ي‬٤‫ٌح أَٓ ؿ‬ٛ" ‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬." َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ ػخى ا‬ٚٗ‫ ٓٔؼض أ‬،ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬٢ُ ‫ْ ًٌُي؟" كوخُض‬٤ُ‫ أ‬،‫هض‬ُٞ‫ح‬
‫ ُي‬٠٘ٔ‫ظ‬٣ ٠‫ٕ رخُوَد ٓ٘ي كظ‬ٌٞ٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ُٚ ‫ي‬٣َ‫َ ط‬ٛ" .‫هخُض‬ٝ ٢ُ‫" ك٘ظَص ا‬.َ‫ ًِٔخ ًخٕ ًُي أكؼ‬٢٘ٓ ‫زخ‬٣َ‫ه‬
ٖ‫ ك٘ل‬.‫ن‬٤‫َ شو‬٤‫حٕ ًخٕ ؿ‬ٝ ٢‫ أه‬ٚٗ‫ أل‬٢٘ٓ ‫ ٓوَرش‬٠ِ‫ٕ ػ‬ٌٞ٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ٚ٘ٓ ‫ى‬ٝ‫خ "أ‬ُٜ ‫؟" كوِض‬ِٚ‫وطؾ ُلؼ‬٣ ‫ٓؼَكش ٓخ‬
‫ ُوي ٓٔؼض‬،‫ُألٓق‬ٝ ،‫ىػْ رؼؼ٘خ حُزؼغ‬ٝ ‫ ٓٔخػيس‬٠ُ‫ هخثال "ٗلٖ رلخؿش ا‬٢‫ؼ‬٣‫طخرؼض كي‬ٝ "!‫حكيس‬ٝ ‫أَٓس‬
".‫ِش‬٣ٞ‫ ُلظَس ؽ‬َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫غ حُزوخء ك‬٤‫ٔظط‬٣ ‫ ال‬ٚٗ‫أ‬
She looked at me strangely when I said this, but at that moment there was a loud
cheer from the streets outside. The Princess ran to the window, then she turned to
me, looking anxious."It's him!" she said. "It's the Duke of Strelsau! He's coming
here now." I was surprised by this news and did not know what to say. For several
minutes, Princess Flavia and I sat in silence. Her servants also stood silently, with
their heads bowed. We could hear steps outside the door and I expected Michael to

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 46 Mohamed Morsi

enter, but then the steps stopped, so we continued to talk again. I cannot remember
what we talked about, but I found it very easy to talk to the Princess and time passed.

.‫ص ػخٍ رخُوخٍؽ‬ٞ‫ظق رظ‬ٜ٣ ٖٓ ‫٘خى‬ٛ ٕ‫ طِي حُِلظش ًخ‬٢‫ٌُٖ ك‬ٝ ،‫ رخٓظـَحد ػ٘يٓخ هِض ًُي‬٠ُ‫ك٘ظَص ا‬
‫٘خ‬ٛ ٠ُ‫ٌَ هخىّ ا‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫! حُي‬ٞٛ ٚٗ‫ "ح‬:‫ كوخُض‬.‫خ حُوِن‬ٜ٤ِ‫ريح ػ‬ٝ ٢ُ‫ُض ا‬ٞ‫ ػْ طل‬،‫ حُ٘خكٌس‬٠ُ‫َس ا‬٤ٓ‫كؤَٓػض حأل‬
‫هق‬ٝٝ ّ‫ طٔض طخ‬٢‫خ ك‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ حأل‬ٝ ‫ ؿِٔض أٗخ‬،‫ ُؼيس ىهخثن‬.ٍٞ‫ ٓخًح أه‬ٍٟ‫ُْ أى‬ٝ ،َ‫ٌح حُوز‬ٜ‫شض ر‬ٛ‫ حٗي‬."ٕ‫أال‬
‫ً٘ض‬ٝ ‫حص هخٍؽ حُزخد‬ٞ‫ ٓٔؼ٘خ ؽَم هط‬.‫م‬ٝ‫ّ حُي‬ٝ‫ هي‬٠ُ‫ش ا‬٤‫ش طل‬٤٘‫ْ ٓ٘ل‬ٜٓٝ‫ٍإ‬ٝ ،‫ طٔض‬٢‫خ ك‬ٜٓ‫ؼخ هي‬٣‫أ‬
‫غ‬٤‫ ُْ أٓظط‬.‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ ٓغ حأل‬َٟ‫غ َٓس أه‬٣‫حطِض حُلي‬ٝ ‫ ٌُُي‬،‫حص‬ٞ‫هلض حُوط‬ٞ‫ٌُٖ رؼي ًُي ط‬ٝ ، ٌَ٣‫ٍ ٓخ‬ٞ‫هغ ىه‬ٞ‫أط‬
.‫هض‬ُٞ‫َٓ ح‬ٝ ‫َس‬٤ٓ‫َ ؿيح حُظليع ٓغ حأل‬ُٜٔ‫ ٖٓ ح‬ٚٗ‫ؿيص أ‬ٝ ٢ٌُ٘٘ٝ ،ٚ٘‫إٔ أطًٌَ ٓخ ً٘خ ٗظليع ػ‬

I thought it was strange that Michael had not come into the room, but we did not talk
about him at all until the Princess suddenly jumped up and said, "You do know that
Michael will be very angry. Is that a good idea?" "What do you mean? How am I
making him angry?" I asked. "You haven't asked him to come in. He's been waiting
outside the room for a long time." "But of course he can come in," I said, realizing I
had made a serious mistake. "How funny you are," she said. "You know that no one
can enter without your permission." "Of course," I said. ''I'd forgotten!" But the
Princess looked at me in a way that made me think she realised something was
wrong. "I was never very good at remembering all the rules," I continued, wishing
that Fritz had told me about this, "but I'll go and get him myself at once."

‫َس كـؤس‬٤ٓ‫هلض حأل‬ٝ ٠‫ حإلؽالم كظ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٚ٘‫ٌُ٘٘خ ُْ ٗظليع ػ‬ٝ ،‫يهَ حُـَكش‬٣ ُْ ٌَ٣‫ذ إٔ ٓخ‬٣َ‫ أَٓ ؿ‬ٚٗ‫حػظويص أ‬
‫خ "ٓخًح‬ٜ‫يس ؟! "كٔؤُظ‬٤‫ كٌَس ؿ‬ٌٙٛ َٜ‫ٕ ؿخػزخ ؿيح رٌُي ك‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ٌَ٣‫يح إٔ ٓخ‬٤‫ "أٗض طؼَف ؿ‬:‫هخُض‬ٝ
‫٘ظظَ رخُوخٍؽ ٌٓ٘ كظَس‬٣ ٞٛٝ ٍٞ‫ حُيه‬ٚ٘ٓ ‫ "أٗض ُْ ططِذ‬.٢ُ ‫ ؿخػزخ؟" كوخُض‬ِٚ‫ إٔ حؿؼ‬٢ُ ‫ق‬٤ً ‫ٖ؟‬٣‫طوظي‬
‫ "ًْ أٗض‬٢ُ ‫ كوخُض‬.‫ هي حٍطٌزض هطؤ كخىكخ‬٢٘ٗ‫ٍ" أىًٍض أ‬ٞ‫ حُيه‬ٌٚ٘ٔ٣ ٚٗ‫خ "ٌُٖ رخُطزغ ا‬ُٜ ‫" كوِض‬.‫ِش‬٣ٞ‫ؽ‬
‫ ً٘ض هي‬،‫خ "رخُطزغ‬ُٜ ‫" كوِض‬.‫ٕ إً ٓ٘ي‬ٝ‫يهَ حُـَكش ى‬٣ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ ألكي أ‬٣ ‫ ال‬ٚٗ‫ُق أٗض طؼَف أ‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ‫خ‬٣ ‫ٓؼلي‬
‫ كظخرؼض‬.‫ء هطؤ هي كيع‬٢‫خ أىًٍض إٔ ػٔش ش‬ٜٗ‫ أػظوي أ‬٢٘‫وش ؿؼِظ‬٣َ‫ رط‬٢ُ‫َس ٗظَص ا‬٤ٓ‫ض ًُي! "ٌُٖ حأل‬٤ٔٗ
٢ٌُ٘ٝ ‫ رخُوخٍؽ‬٢‫ إٔ أه‬٢َٗ‫ظِ هي حهز‬٣َ‫ض ك‬٤ُ ‫خ‬٣ ‫حػي‬ٞ‫غ حُو‬٤ٔ‫ طًٌَ ؿ‬٢‫يح ك‬٤‫ هخثال "أٗخ ُْ أًٖ أريح ؿ‬٢‫ؼ‬٣‫كي‬
".ٍ‫ حُلخ‬٠‫ ك‬٢ٔ‫ ر٘ل‬َٙ‫حكؼ‬ٝ ‫ذ‬ًٛ‫ٓؤ‬

I opened the door and went out of the guest room to greet Michael. He was sitting at
a table looking very angry. All his men were standing next to him. I held out my hand
and Michael stood up slowly and took it, then I showed him into the Princess's guest
room. "Brother," I said, "I'm so sorry. I didn't know you were waiting, otherwise I'd
have asked you in sooner." He thanked me, but coldly. Michael did not seem to be
good at hiding his feelings, and I could see that he was angry with me. I could also see
he was trying to pretend that he thought I was the real King.

‫ حُـؼذ‬ِٙٞ‫ؼ‬٣ٝ ‫ُش رخُوخٍؽ‬ٝ‫ ؽخ‬٠ِ‫ـِْ ػ‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ .ٌَ٣‫ش ٓخ‬٤‫ف ُظل‬ٞ٤‫هَؿض ٖٓ ؿَكش حُؼ‬ٝ ‫كظلض حُزخد‬
‫ف‬ٞ٤‫ ؿَكش حُؼ‬٠ُ‫ ا‬ٚ‫ ػْ ٍحكوظ‬،٢٘‫طخكل‬ٝ ‫ٌَ رزؾء‬٣‫هق ٓخ‬ٝٝ ١‫ي‬٣ ‫ ٓيىص‬.ٚ‫ٕ رـخٗز‬ٞ‫ول‬٣ ُٚ‫غ ٍؿخ‬٤ٔ‫ؿ‬ٝ .‫ي‬٣‫حُشي‬
‫اال ً٘ض هي ؽِزض ٓ٘ي‬ٝ ‫ ُْ أًٖ حػِْ حٗي ط٘ظظَ رخُوخٍؽ‬٢‫خ أه‬٣ ‫ " أٗخ خٓق ؿيح‬ُٚ ‫ كوِض‬.‫َس‬٤ٓ‫حُوخطش رخأل‬
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 47 Mohamed Morsi
ٚٗ‫ أ‬ٍٟ‫حٓظطؼض إٔ أ‬ٝ ،َٙ‫ اهلخء ٓشخػ‬٢‫يح ك‬٤‫ٌٖ ؿ‬٣ ُْ ٜٞ‫ ك‬.‫ى‬َٝ‫ٌُٖ رز‬ٝ ٢ُ ٌَ‫" كويّ حُش‬.ٍ‫ حُلخ‬٢‫ٍ ك‬ٞ‫حُيه‬
.٢‫و‬٤‫ حُِٔي حُلو‬٢٘ٗ‫ؼظوي أ‬٣ ٚٗ‫َ رؤ‬ٛ‫ٍ حُظظخ‬ٝ‫لخ‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ٚٗ‫ؼخ أ‬٣‫ض أ‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ .٠٘ٓ ‫ًخٕ ؿخػزخ ؿيح‬

We sat down with the Princess. "You've hurt your hand," he said. "Yes, an animal
bit me," I explained. "It'll be fine." "Is there any danger from the bite?" Flavia
asked. "Not from this," I said looking at Michael, "but if I gave him the chance to
bite again, it would be different." "Did you kill the animal?" Flavia asked. "No," I
said. "We're waiting to see if his bite's poisonous." "And if it is?" said Michael,
smiling coldly, clearly understanding who I was really talking about. "He'll be
knocked on the head," I said. "But he might bite again," said Michael. "I'm sure
he'll try," I replied, smiling. Then, worried that Michael would say something I did
not want to hear, I decided to change the subject. I told him how fine his soldiers
were and thanked him for the splendid coronation. I thanked him for the great time I
had had at the hunting lodge in the forest. When he heard this, he jumped to his feet
and angrily walked towards the door. Then he stopped and said, "Three of my
friends would very much like to meet you, sir. They're waiting outside."

ًٕٞ‫ف أ‬ٞٓ ٝ ٕ‫ح‬ٞ٤‫ ك‬٢٘‫ ُوي ػؼ‬،ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬ُٚ ‫" كوِض‬،‫يى‬٣ ‫زض‬٤‫ "ُوي أط‬:‫ٌَ هخثال‬٣‫ ٓخ‬٢ُ٘‫ٓؤ‬ٝ .‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ؿِٔ٘خ ٓغ حأل‬
.ٌَ٣‫ ٓخ‬٠ُ‫أٗخ حٗظَ ا‬ٝ ‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ٍس ٖٓ حُؼؼش؟" كوِض‬ٞ‫٘خى هط‬ٛ َٛ" :‫خ‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ حأل‬٢٘‫" كٔؤُظ‬.ّ‫َح‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ػ‬
َٛ":٢ُ ‫ كوخُض‬."‫ٕ ٓوظِق‬ٌٞ٤ٓ َٓ‫ كبٕ حأل‬،َٟ‫ َٓس أه‬٢٘‫ؼؼ‬٤ُ ‫ كَطش‬ٚ‫ظ‬٤‫ٌُٖ اًح أػط‬ٝ ‫ٍ َٓس‬ٝ‫ْ ٖٓ أ‬٤ُ"
ِْ‫ؼ‬٣ٝ ‫ى‬َٝ‫زظْٔ رز‬٣ ٞٛٝ ٌَ٣‫ كوخٍ ٓخ‬."‫ ٓخٓش‬ٚ‫ اًح ًخٗض ُيؿظ‬َُٟ٘ َ‫خ "ال ٗلٖ ٗ٘ظظ‬ُٜ ‫حٕ؟"كوِض‬ٞ٤‫هظِض حُل‬
‫ؼؼي َٓس‬٣ ‫ هي‬ٌُٚ٘" :٢ُ ٍ‫" كوخ‬ٚ‫ كظل‬٠‫ِو‬٤ٓ" :ُٚ ‫حٕ ٓخٓخ؟" كوِض‬ٞ٤‫اًح ًخٕ حُل‬ٝ" :‫٘خ ػٖ ٖٓ أطليع‬٤‫و‬٣
ٍٞ‫و‬٣ ٕ‫ش أ‬٤‫ع هش‬ٞ‫ػ‬ُٞٔ‫َ ح‬٤‫ هٍَص إٔ أؿ‬،ْ‫ ػ‬."ٍٝ‫لخ‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ٚٗ‫ "أٗخ ٓظؤًي ٖٓ أ‬:‫ ٓزظٔٔخ‬ٚ‫" كؤؿزظ‬َٟ‫أه‬
ٚ‫ ًٔخ شٌَط‬.‫ؾ حَُحثؼش‬٣ٞ‫ كلِش حُظظ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٚ‫شٌَط‬ٝ ‫ ظَكخء‬ٙ‫ى‬ٞ٘‫ ًْ ًخٕ ؿ‬ُٚ ‫ كوِض‬.ٚ‫ى إٔ حٓٔؼ‬ٝ‫جخ ال أ‬٤‫ٌَ ش‬٣‫ٓخ‬
‫ حُزخد‬ٞ‫ٓخٍ ٗل‬ٝ ،‫هق َٓٔػخ‬ٝ ‫ػ٘يٓخ ٓٔغ ًُي‬ٝ .‫ي رخُـخرش‬٤‫م حُظ‬ًٞ ٢‫ ك‬ٚ‫ظ‬٤‫ هؼ‬١ٌُ‫َ ح‬٤ٔ‫هض حُـ‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٠ِ‫ػ‬
."‫ٕ رخُوخٍؽ‬َٝ‫٘ظظ‬٣ ْٜٗ‫ ا‬.١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ،ٌْ‫ح ر‬ٞ‫ِظو‬٣ ٕ‫ٕ أ‬ٝ‫ى‬ٞ٣ ٢‫ "ػالػش ٖٓ أطيهخث‬:ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ‫هق‬ٞ‫ ػْ ط‬.‫ؿخػزخ‬

So I walked up to Michael and took his arm and we entered the outside room like
best friends. Michael asked the three men to come forward. "These gentleman are
the most loyal and honest of the King's servants, and are my great friends." "I'm
very pleased to meet them," I said. They bowed before me one at a time: first De
Gautet, a tall, thin French man with straight hair; then Bersoni, the Belgian, who
was large and about thirty years old; and finally Detchard, the Englishman, who had
a thin face, strong shoulders and very short hair. He looked like a good fighter and a
bad character. I spoke to him in English with a pretend foreign accent, and I am sure
I saw him smile when I spoke. So, Detchard knows my secret, I thought. And if he
knew, surely all the Six Men knew as well. How dangerous were these special
soldiers? And how safe was I, even in the palace of Strelsau?

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 48 Mohamed Morsi

‫ٌَ ٖٓ حَُؿخٍ حُؼالػش‬٣‫ؽِذ ٓخ‬ٝ .‫ًؤٗ٘خ أطيهخء أػِحء‬ٝ ‫ش‬٤‫ىهِ٘خ حُـَكش حُوخٍؿ‬ٝ ٙ‫ي‬٤‫أهٌص ر‬ٝ ٚ٤ُ‫كَٔص ا‬
"٢‫ؼخ حػِ أطيهخث‬٣‫ْ أ‬ٛٝ ،‫أٓخٗش ُِِٔي‬ٝ ‫الء‬ٝ َ‫ْ حألًؼ‬ٛ َ‫ئالء حَُحؿ‬ٛ" :ٌَ٣‫ ٓخ‬٢ُ ٍ‫ كوخ‬.ّ‫ حألٓخ‬٠ُ‫حُظويّ ا‬
َ٣ٞ‫ؽ‬ٝ ‫غ‬٤‫ ٍك‬٢َٔٗ‫ْ ٍؿَ ك‬ُٜٝ‫ًخٕ أ‬ٝ: ‫حكي‬ٝ ‫هض‬ٝ ٢‫ ك‬٢ٓ‫ حَُؿخٍ أٓخ‬٠٘‫ حٗل‬."ْٜ‫ٍ ُِوخث‬َٝٔٓ ‫أٗخ‬ٝ" :ُٚ ‫كوِض‬
ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ّ‫ٕ ػخ‬ٞ‫ِ حُؼالػ‬ٛ‫٘خ‬٣ َٙٔ‫ػ‬ٝ ْ‫ ػو‬٢ٌ٤‫ ٍؿَ رِـ‬٢ٗ‫حُؼخ‬ٝ ‫ض‬٤‫ ؿخط‬١‫ ى‬٠‫يػ‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ْ‫ شؼَ ٗخػ‬ًٝ ‫حُوخٓش‬
‫ريح‬ٝ .‫َ ؿيح‬٤‫ هظ‬َٙ‫شؼ‬ٝ ٖ٤‫ حٌُظل‬١ٞ‫ ه‬ٝ ، ٚ‫ؿ‬ُٞ‫ق ح‬٤‫ ًخٕ ٗل‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬،١ِ٤ِ‫ حالٗـ‬، ‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫َح ى‬٤‫أه‬ٝ ٢َٗٞٓ‫ ر‬٠‫يػ‬٣
ٖٓ ‫حػن‬ٝ ‫ ً٘ض‬،‫زش‬٣َ‫ٌُٖ رٌِ٘ش ؿ‬ٝ ‫ش‬٣ِ٤ِ‫ رخُِـش حإلٗـ‬ٚ٤ُ‫ طليػض ا‬.‫جش‬٤ٓ ‫ش‬٤‫ شوظ‬ًٝ ٌُٖٝ ‫ي‬٤‫ ٓوخطَ ؿ‬ٚٗ‫ ح‬ٚ٤ِ‫ػ‬
‫غ‬٤ٔ‫ي ؿ‬٤ً‫ كزخُظؤ‬، ٢‫وظ‬٤‫ؼَف كو‬٣ ٕ‫اًح ًخ‬ٝ ،٢‫وظ‬٤‫ؼَف كو‬٣ ٚٗ‫ كخػظويص ح‬.‫زظْٔ ػ٘يٓخ ً٘ض أطليع‬٣ ٚ‫ظ‬٣‫ ٍأ‬٢٘ٗ‫أ‬
َ‫ هظ‬٢‫أٗخ ك‬ٝ ٠‫ كظ‬، ٢‫ ٓالٓظ‬ٟ‫ٓخ ٓي‬ٝ ‫ى حُوخطش؟‬ٞ٘‫ئالء حُـ‬ٛ َ‫ كٔخ حهط‬.‫ؼخ‬٣‫ٕ أ‬ٞ‫ؼَك‬٣ ‫حَُؿخٍ حُٔظش‬
‫؟‬َُٞٔ‫ٓظ‬

Questions with model Answers

1) Why did Colonel Sapt want Rudolf Rassendyll to return to the

capital and continue pretending to be the King?
Colonel Sapt wanted Rudolf Rassendyll to do so because the King (Rudolf
Elphberg) was kidnapped by Michael's men. If Rudolf Rassendyll didn't
continue pretending to be the King, Duke Michael would take the crown.

2) Although Duke Michael and his men knew that Rudolf Rassendyll
wasn't the real King, they couldn't say anything about this. Explain.
Duke Michael and his men kidnapped the King and killed his servant. If
they told people that Rudolf Rassendyll wasn't the real King, people would
ask them where the real King was and they would appear guilty.
3) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll think that Sapt's second plan was too
dangerous?
Sapt suggested that Rudolf Rassendyll return to the capital and continue
pretending to be the King. Rudolf Rassendyll thought it was too dangerous
as the Duke and his men knew that he wasn't the real King.
4) Where was King Rudolf Elphberg?
He was held prisoner by Duke Michael at the Castle of Zenda.

5) According to Sapt, why was it important to have a King in Strelsau?

King Rudolf Elphberg was held prisoner at the Castle of Zenda. If they
didn't have a King in Strelsau, Michael would take the crown.

6) According to Sapt, when would Rudolf Rassendyll stay king for life?
He would stay king for life if the real King (Rudolf Elphberg) was killed.

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7) What kind of doubts did Rudolf Rassendyll have about pretending to
be the King?
He had doubts that someone would realise that he wasn't the real King and
in that case, his life would be in danger.

8) Why did Michael's men go back to the hunting lodge carrying spades?
They went back to bury Josef's body so as to hide their evil work.

9) What was the reaction of Duke Michael's men when Sapt and Rudolf
Rassendyll attacked them at the hunting lodge?
They looked shocked to see them and they weren't prepared.

10) What did Rudolf Rassendyll do during the fight against Michael's men
at the hunting lodge?
He knocked one man off his horse then hit another big man with his sword.

11) Why couldn't Rudolf Rassendyll continue fighting Michael's men?

There were men all around him and he was about to be trapped.

12) How did Rudolf Rassendyll escape when Michael's men were about to
trap him?
Rudolf Rassendyll saw a gap between the men. He turned his horse and quickly
rode through the gap towards the forest.
13) How was Rudolf Rassendyll injured in the fight against Michael's
men?
One of Michael's men shot him and he felt a terrible pain in his finger.
14) Did Michael's men see who Rudolf Rassendyll was? How do you
know?
Yes, one of the men said, "It's the King" before Rudolf Rassendyll pushed him
off his horse.

15) What did Sapt do to help Rudolf Rassendyll whose finger hurt badly?
Sapt put a bandage on Rudolf Rassendyll's finger.

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16) How did Rudolf Rassendyll hide his identity when he and Sapt reached
a farm on their way back from the hunting lodge?
Rudolf Rassendyll covered his face, saying to the farmer that he had a bad
tooth.

17) Why do you think Sapt and Rudolf Rassendyll couldn't wait for long
at the farm on their way back from the hunting lodge?
Perhaps they feared that Michael's men were following them.

18) What did Sapt plan to do if the real King was dead?
His plan was that Rudolf Rassendyll would stay King.

19) What did Rudolf Rassendyll mean that some of Michael's evil men
should join Josef?
He meant that they should be killed like Josef.
20) Why did Rassendyll use a new servant who had never met the real
King?
He didn't want anyone to know that Rudolf Rassendyll wasn't the real King.
21) Who was Freyler?
He was a servant at the King's palace.

22) Who was the new servant at the palace replacing?

He was replacing Josef who was killed by Michael's men.

23) Why were the streets of Strelsau very quiet when Sapt and Rudolf
Rassendyll were back from the hunting lodge?
The streets of Strelsau were very quiet because most of the people were resting
after the coronation.
24) What justification did Sapt give for Rudolf Rassendyll's injury?
Sapt said that Rudolf Rassendyll had caught his finger in a door.
25) Give two examples to show that it was too hard for anyone to discover
the real identity of Rudolf Rassendyll?
a) Fritz von Tarlenheim who worked for the real King bowed down in front of
Rudolf Rassendyll after coming back from the hunting lodge thinking that he
was the real King.
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b) Rose, the King's cousin couldn't realise that Rudolf Rassendyll wasn't the
real King.

26) Why did Princess Flavia send her servant to the royal palace?
She did so to find out how the King was feeling after the coronation.

27) According to Rudolf Rassendyll, what is a pretend king's life like?

It is harder than a real king's life.

28) Who told Rudolf Rassendyll about the King's duties?

Sapt told Rudolf Rassendyll about the King's duties. He told him what he ought
to do and what he ought not to do.

29) How did Rudolf Rassendyll's injured finger affect his duties as a King?
He couldn't write, so many important documents were not completed.

30) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll feel worried when he met the French
ambassador?
He felt worried because the French ambassador asked him a question that he
couldn't answer.

31) Why did Sapt think that Duke Michael wouldn't kill the King?
Sapt thought so because the Duke knew that if he killed the King, Rudolf
Rassendyll would stay as King instead.

32) Why couldn't Michael accuse Rudolf Rassendyll of anything?

He couldn't accuse him of anything because if he did, people would know that
he had kidnapped the King.

33) What do you know about the Six Men?

They were six special soldiers who Michael kept in his house at all times. They
were completely loyal to him. Three of them were from Ruritania and three
were foreigners.

34) What did it mean that only three of Michael's Six Men were with him
in Strelsau?
It meant that the other three men were guarding the King at the Castle of Zenda.
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35) Rudolf Rassendyll decided to keep some of his plans secret from Sapt
and Fritz. What were those plans?
He wanted to make himself popular. He wanted to stop the poorer people from
thinking badly about him.

36) What did Rudolf Rassendyll do on his way to visit Princess Flavia?
He waved to everyone who bowed to him. He bought flowers from a poor
young girl with a gold coin.

37) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll want to be seen most in the old town?
He wanted to be seen most in the old town because most of the poor people
lived in the old town. He wanted them to think well about him.

38) Why did hundreds of people follow Rudolf Rassendyll on his way to
the home of Princess Flavia?
He bought flowers from a poor young girl. This attracted a lot of interest and
soon hundreds of people followed him.

39) How did Rudolf Rassendyll plan to make use of Princess Flavia's
popularity ‫ش‬٤‫?شؼز‬
He went to see Princess Flavia. The poor people seemed very pleased that he
had visited the Princess.

40) Why was Rudolf Rassendyll very careful when he talked to Princess
Flavia?
He didn't want her to realise that he wasn't the real King. He didn't want her to
speak freely as he wasn't the man she thought he was.
41) Why couldn't Michael come into the guest room when the King was
there?
He couldn't come to the guest room because no one could enter without the
King's permission.

42) Rudolf Rassendyll realised that he had made a mistake when he kept
Michael waiting outside the guest room at Flavia's home. How did he
cover up his mistake?
He told Michael he didn't know he was waiting; otherwise he would have
asked him in sooner.
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43) What did Rudolf Rassendyll tell Michael about the cause of the injury
in his hand?
Rudolf Rassendyll said that an animal bit him.

44) Rudolf Rassendyll said that an animal bit his hand. He also said the
animal would try to bit him again. Who did Rudolf Rassendyll mean by
"the animal"?
He meant Duke Michael.

45) What did Rudolf Rassendyll say that made Duke Michael jump to his
feet and walk angrily towards the door?
Michael did this when Rudolf Rassendyll thanked him for the great coronation
and for the great time he had had at the hunting lodge.

1) The King (Rudolf Rassendyll) wanted to be seen most in the old town
where most of the soldiers lived.
2) The King (Rudolf Rassendyll) stopped to buy fish from a poor young girl
with a gold coin.
3) When the poor people saw the King (Rudolf Rassendyll) buying from the
poor girl, they were very angry.

Chapter 5
I was not sorry to say goodbye to my brother and his soldier friends, although I was
sad to say goodbye to the Princess. Should I tell her the truth? Was I wrong to
pretend to be the King? I did not know. "Rudolf, be careful, won't you?" the
Princess said. "Be careful of what?" I asked. "I can't say. But think what your life
means to the people of Ruritania," she said. I remembered what Rose had said about
my brother Robert back in England: "He realises his position in society brings with
it responsibilities." I had always wanted to have a quiet life, but I suddenly realised
how many responsibilities I now had here in Ruritania. How on earth had I got
myself into such a situation?

‫ىحػخ‬ٝ ٍٞ‫٘خ إٔ أه‬٣ِ‫ ً٘ض ك‬٢٘ٗ‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ أ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬،‫ى‬ٞ٘‫ حُـ‬ٙ‫أطيهخء‬ٝ ٢‫ىحػخ ً أله‬ٝ ٍٞ‫ُْ أًٖ خٓلخ ً إٔ أه‬
.‫ أٗخ حُِٔي؟ ُْ أًٖ أػَف‬٢٘ٗ‫َ رؤ‬ٛ‫َ ً٘ض ٓوطجخ ً إٔ أطظخ‬ٛٝ ‫وش؟‬٤‫خ حُلو‬ُٜ ٍٞ‫ـذ إٔ أه‬٣ َٛٝ .‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ُأل‬
:‫ "أًٖ كٌٍح ً ٖٓ ٓخًح؟" كَىص هخثِش‬:‫خ‬ٜ‫ كٔؤُظ‬."‫ْ ًٌُي؟‬٤ُ‫ أ‬،‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ‫خ‬٣ ‫ " ًٖ كٌٍح‬:‫َس‬٤ٓ‫هخُض حأل‬
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 54 Mohamed Morsi
ٍُٝ ٚ‫ طًٌَص ٓخ هخُظ‬."‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫خطي رخُ٘ٔزش ُشؼذ‬٤‫ ك‬٠٘‫ٌُٖ كٌَ ًْ طؼ‬ٝ ،‫ٍ ُي‬ٞ‫ إٔ أه‬٢ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ ‫"ال‬
."‫خص‬٤ُٝ‫ ٓٔئ‬ٚ‫ـِذ ٓؼ‬٣ ‫ حُٔـظٔغ‬٢‫ ك‬ًَِٙٓ ٕ‫يٍى أ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ "ا‬:‫ إلٗ ـِظَح‬ٚ‫ىط‬ٞ‫رَص ػ٘ي ػ‬ٍٝ ٢‫ػٖ أه‬
ٕ٥‫ ح‬٢‫ ػخطو‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬٢‫خص حُظ‬٤ُٝ‫ أىًٍض كـؤس هيٍ حُٔٔئ‬٢ٌُ٘٘ٝ ،‫خىثش‬ٛ ‫خس‬٤‫ش ك‬٤‫ً٘ض هي أٍىص ىحثٔخ إٔ أػ‬
‫هق ؟‬ُٞٔ‫ٌح ح‬ٛ َ‫ ٓؼ‬٢‫ ك‬٢ٔ‫ػؼض ٗل‬ٝ ‫ق‬٤ً ! ٢ُٜ‫خ ح‬٣ .‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٢‫٘خ ك‬ٛ ‫ أٗخ‬ٝ

Over the next few weeks, I am pleased to say that no one seemed to notice I
was not the real King of Ruritania. Because I looked so like the King, it was much
easier for me to pretend to be him than to pretend to me by neighbour at home, for
example. I learnt a lot about how a country is run, but I made mistakes, sometimes
big ones. I became very good at pretending I had forgotten rules or people that I had
met, and I hoped my growing popularity with the people of Ruritania would help
them to forgive my occasional bad decisions.

‫ ُٔض حُِٔي‬٢٘ٗ‫الكع أ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ أ‬ٚ٤ِ‫ ػ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ ‫ ال أكي‬ٚٗ‫ٍ أ‬ٞ‫ إٔ أه‬٢َٗٔ٣ ،‫ش‬٤ُ‫ِش حُظخ‬٤ِ‫غ حُو‬٤‫هالٍ حألٓخر‬
ٕ‫ أ‬٢ُ ً ‫َ ؿيح‬ُٜٔ‫َ حُٔؼخٍ ًخٕ ٖٓ ح‬٤‫ ٓز‬٠ِ‫ كؼ‬،‫ ؿيح رخُِٔي‬ٚ‫َ حُشز‬٤‫ ً٘ض ًؼ‬٢٘ٗ‫ أل‬.‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍَُٝ ٢‫و‬٤‫حُلو‬
‫ش اىحٍس رِي‬٤‫ل‬٤ً ٖ‫َ ػ‬٤‫ طؼِٔض حٌُؼ‬، ‫ أٗخ‬٠٘ٗ‫ حٍُِٔ٘ رؤ‬٢‫ ك‬ٍٟ‫ حٓخّ ؿخ‬٠‫ حُِٔي أًؼَ ٖٓ حىػخث‬٢٘ٗ‫ أ‬٢‫أىػ‬
‫ض‬٤ٔٗ ‫ ً٘ض هي‬ٝ َٛ‫ حُظظخ‬٢‫ أطزلض ٓظو٘خ ؿيح ك‬ٝ ‫َس‬٤‫خٗخ أهطخء ًز‬٤‫أك‬ٝ ،‫ حٍطٌزض أهطخء‬٢ٌُ٘٘ ،‫ٓخ‬
‫ٖ شؼذ‬٤‫يس ر‬٣‫ حُٔظِح‬٢‫ظ‬٤‫ إٔ شؼز‬٢‫ أَٓ ك‬١‫ًخٕ ػ٘ي‬ٝ ، َ‫ْ ٖٓ هز‬ٜ‫ٖ هي هخرِظ‬٣ٌُ‫ حُ٘خّ ح‬ٝ ٖ٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫حُو‬
.ٕ‫خ‬٤‫ رؼغ حألك‬٢‫خ ك‬ٜ‫ ً٘ض هي حطوٌط‬٢‫جش حُظ‬٤ُٔ‫ ح‬٢‫ هَحٍحط‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬٢٘ٗٞ‫ٔخٓل‬٣ ِْٜ‫خ ٓظـؼ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ

One day, Sapt came into my room. "Here's a letter for you," he said. "From the
writing, I think it's from a woman. I also have some important news." "What is it?" I
asked. "We now know that the King's at the Castle of Zenda," he said. "How do you
know this?" "We asked where the rest of the Six Men were, and found out that they
are all there at the castle: Lauengram, Krafstein and young Rupert Hentzau, the
three biggest criminals in Ruritania." "Do you think the King's definitely there?" I
asked. "Almost certainly. The three men are always at the castle, and people say the
drawbridge is nearly always kept up. That is not normal. No one goes into the
building without the permission of Rupert or Michael." "Then I must go to Zenda,"
I said. "That wouldn't be a good idea." "If not today, then soon. I must go there."
"You'll probably stay there forever if you do," said Sapt.

ََٓٓ ٚٗ‫ٖٓ ًظخرش حُوطخد أػظوي أ‬ٝ , ‫ٌح هطخد ُي‬ٛ" : ٠ُ ٍ‫ هخ‬ٝ ٠‫خّ ىهَ ٓخرض كـَط‬٣‫ أكي حأل‬٠‫ك‬
ٕ‫ٕ ٗؼَف أ‬٥‫ "ٗلٖ ح‬:ٍ‫؟" كوخ‬٢ٛ ‫ "ٓخ‬:ٚ‫خٓش " كٔؤُظ‬ُٜ‫ؼخ رؼغ حألهزخٍ ح‬٣‫ أ‬١‫ ػ٘ي‬ٝ , ‫ٖٓ حَٓأس‬
, ٍ‫ حُٔظش ٍؿخ‬٢‫ "ٗلٖ ٓؤُ٘خ ػٖ ٌٓخٕ رخه‬:ٍ‫ٌح؟" كوخ‬ٛ ‫ق ػَكض‬٤ً " :ُٚ ‫ هِؼش ُٗيح" كوِض‬٢‫حُِٔي ك‬
ٝ ‫ حُشخد‬ِٝ‫٘ظ‬ٛ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ٝ ٖ٤‫ ًَحكٔظ‬ٝ ّ‫٘ـَح‬٣ُٞ : ْٜ٘ٓ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ , ‫ حُوِؼش‬٢‫٘خى ك‬ٛ ًِْٜ ْٜٗ‫حًظشل٘خ أ‬ٝ
:ٍ‫٘خى ؟" كوخ‬ٛ ‫َ طؼظوي إٔ حُِٔي كؼال‬ٛ " :ُٚ ‫" كوِض‬.‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٢‫ٖ ك‬٤َٓ‫ْ أًزَ ٓـ‬ٛ ‫ئالء حُؼالػش‬ٛ
‫٘خى ؿَٔ ٓظلَى‬ٛ ٕ‫ٍ حُ٘خّ أ‬ٞ‫و‬٣ٝ ،‫ حُوِؼش‬٢‫ْ ىحثٔخ ك‬ٛ ‫ حَُؿخٍ حُؼالػش‬.‫ٕ ٖٓ حُٔئًي ًُي‬ٌٞ٣ ‫ٌخى‬٣"

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٠ِ‫ٍ ػ‬ٞ‫ٕ حُلظ‬ٝ‫ ري‬٠٘‫ حُٔز‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ٌٛ٣ ‫ال أكي‬ٝ .١‫َ ػخى‬٤‫ء ؿ‬٢‫ٌح ش‬ٛٝ , ‫ ىحثٔش‬ٚ‫ رظلش شز‬ٚ‫ٕ ر‬ٞ‫لظلظ‬٣
‫" "اًح‬.‫يس‬٤‫ٕ كٌَس ؿ‬ٌٞ‫ ُٖ ط‬ٌٙٛ" . "‫ ُٗيح‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ًٛ‫ـذ إٔ أ‬٣ ً ‫ "اًح‬:‫" كوِض‬.ٌَ٣‫ ٓخ‬ٝ‫رَص أ‬ٍٝ ٖٓ ًٕ‫ا‬
‫٘خى‬ٛ ٠‫ "ٖٓ حُٔلظَٔ إٔ طزو‬:‫" كوخٍ ٓخرض‬.‫٘خى‬ٛ ٠ُ‫خد ا‬ٌُٛ‫ذ الري ٖٓ ح‬٣َ‫هض ه‬ٝ ٢‫ كل‬،ّٞ٤ُ‫ٌٖ ح‬٣ ُْ
".‫ حألري اًح هٔض رٌُي‬٠ُ‫ا‬

I was silent and I could see that Sapt was studying my face. "What's worrying you,
Rassendyll?" he asked. "Tell me, Sapt, why is it that wherever I go in the capital, I'm
followed by six people?" "Because I've ordered them to follow you." "But why?"
"It would be very useful for Michael if you disappeared. And if you disappear, the
game's over." "I don't need such help," I protested. "I can look after myself." "De
Gautet, Bersonin and Detchard are in Strelsau, and anyone of them could catch you
easily,

:ُٚ ‫ كوِض‬."‫خ ٍحٓ٘يٍ؟‬٣ ‫وِوي‬٣ ١ٌُ‫ "ٓخ ح‬:٢ُ٘‫ ٓؤ‬.٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٍّ‫ي‬٣ ‫ إٔ ٓخرض‬ٍٟ‫ً٘ض أ‬ٝ ,‫ً٘ض طخٓظخ‬
٢٘ٗ‫؟" كوخٍ"أل‬٢‫ّ ٓظش أشوخص رٔظخرؼظ‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ‫ حُؼخطٔش‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ًٛ‫ ُٔخًح ػ٘يٓخ أ‬،‫خ ٓخرض‬٣ ٢َٗ‫"أهز‬
.‫ض‬٤‫ٌَ اًح أٗض حهظل‬٣‫ي ؿيح ُٔخ‬٤‫ٕ ٖٓ حُٔل‬ٌٞ٤ٓ" :ٍ‫ٌُٖ ُٔخًح؟" كوخ‬ٝ" :‫" كوِض‬.‫ى‬ٞ‫ظخرؼ‬٣ ٕ‫ْ أ‬ٜ‫أَٓط‬
ٌٙٛ َ‫ ٓؼ‬٠ُ‫ "أٗخ ُٔض رلخؿش ا‬:‫ٌح هخثال‬ٛ ٠ِ‫ حػظَػض ػ‬ٝ ". ‫ حُِؼزش‬٢ٜ‫ض ٓظ٘ظ‬٤‫اًح أٗض حهظل‬ٝ
،‫ض‬٤‫ط‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬ٟ‫ "حٕ ى‬, َ٤‫ ؽلَ طـ‬٢٘ٗ‫ أ‬ُٞ ‫ًٔخ‬, ٢ُ ٍ‫" كوخ‬.٢ٔ‫غ حالػظ٘خء ر٘ل‬٤‫ كؤٗخ أٓظط‬،‫حُٔٔخػيس‬
"‫ُش‬ٜٞٔ‫ي ر‬٤ِ‫ حُوزغ ػ‬ٌٚ٘ٔ٣ ْٜ٘ٓ ‫حكي‬ٝ ًَٝ ،َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫ظشخٍى ك‬٣‫ ى‬ٝ َٖٗٞٓ٤‫ر‬ٝ

" he said, as if I were a child. "So, what's that letter?" said Sapt, pointing at the one
he had given me. I opened it and read it aloud: If the King wants to know something
important, please do what I ask. At the end of New Avenue, there is a house in a large
garden. There is a wall around the garden with a gate at the back. At midnight tonight,
go through the gate where you will see a statue of a horse, turn right and walk twenty
metres. There you will find six steps up to a summer house. Go into this summer house
and someone will tell you something very important about your life. But you must be
alone. If you do not come, your life will be in danger. I am a loyal friend to you. Do not
show this letter to anyone, or it will put a woman in great danger: Michael will punish
me. "Yes, and Michael can also write a very good letter," said Sapt. I thought the
same: surely Michael had written this letter to trap me.

‫ طِي حَُٓخُش؟" كلظلض‬ٚ٣ٞ‫ طلظ‬١ٌُ‫ ٓخ ح‬،ً‫ "اًح‬:ٙ‫خ‬٣‫ أ‬٠ٗ‫ أػطخ‬١ٌُ‫ حُوطخد ح‬٠ُ‫َ ا‬٤‫ش‬٣ ٞٛ ٝ ‫ هخٍ ٓخرض‬ٝ
َ‫ كٖٔ كؼِي حكؼ‬،‫ٔخ‬ٜٓ ‫جخ‬٤‫ؼَف ش‬٣ ٕ‫ي أ‬٣َ٣ ‫ ( اًح ًخٕ حُِٔي‬:ٍ‫ص ػخ‬ٞ‫خ رظ‬ٜ‫ هَحءط‬٢‫أهٌص ك‬ٝ ‫حَُٓخُش‬
ٚ‫وش ر‬٣‫ٍ حُلي‬ٞ‫ٍ ك‬ٞٓ ‫٘خى‬ٛٝ .‫َس‬٤‫وش ًز‬٣‫ كي‬٢‫ؿي ٍِٓ٘ ك‬ٞ٣ ‫ي‬٣‫ش حُشخٍع حُـي‬٣‫خ‬ٜٗ ٢‫ؿي ك‬ٞ٣ .ٚ‫ٓخ أؽِز‬
ٍ‫ طٔؼخ‬ٚ٤‫ ك‬َٟ‫ ٓظ‬١ٌُ‫ حٌُٔخٕ ح‬٠ُ‫حرش ا‬ٞ‫ِش حىهَ ٖٓ حُز‬٤ُِ‫ ح‬ٌٙٛ ‫ ٓ٘ظظق‬٢‫ ك‬.‫ حُوِق‬٢‫حرش ك‬ٞ‫ر‬
َ‫ حىه‬.٢‫ل‬٤‫ ٍِٓ٘ ط‬٠ُ‫ف طـي ٓض ىٍؿخص ِْٓ ا‬ٞٓ ‫٘خى‬ٛٝ .‫ٖ ٓظَح‬٣َ‫ ػش‬٢‫حٓش‬ٝ ً ‫٘خ‬٤ٔ٣ ٚ‫حطـ‬،ٕ‫ُلظخ‬
ٕ‫ـذ أ‬٣ ٌُٖٝ .‫خطي‬٤‫ْ ؿيح ػٖ ك‬ٜٓ ً ‫جخ‬٤‫ٍ ُي ش‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ‫ف طـي شوض‬ٞٓ ٝ ٢‫ل‬٤‫ض حُظ‬٤‫ٌح حُز‬ٛ ٢‫ك‬
٠ُ‫ حَُٓخُش ا‬ٌٙٛ َٜ‫ ال طظ‬.‫خ ُي‬٤‫ك‬ٝ ‫وخ‬٣‫ أٗخ طي‬.َ‫ هط‬٢‫خطي ك‬٤‫ٕ ك‬ٌٞ‫ف ط‬ٞٓ ٢‫ اًح ُْ طؤط‬ٝ .‫ٕ رٔلَىى‬ٌٞ‫ط‬
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 56 Mohamed Morsi
،ْ‫"ٗؼ‬.‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫" كوخٍ حُؼو‬.٢٘‫ؼخهز‬٤ٓ ٌَ٣‫ ٓخ‬:َ٤‫ هطَ ًز‬٢‫٘خى حَٓأس ك‬ٛ ٌٕٞ‫ف ط‬ٞٓ ‫ حال‬ٝ ،‫ شوض‬١‫أ‬
ٌٙٛ ٌَ٣‫ي هي ًظذ ٓخ‬٤ً‫ رخُظؤ‬: ‫ء‬٢‫حػظويص أٗخ ٗلْ حُش‬ٝ ،"‫يس ؿيح‬٤‫ؼخ ٍٓخُش ؿ‬٣‫ٌَ أ‬٣‫ٌظذ ٓخ‬٣ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ أ‬٣ٝ
. ٠‫هغ ر‬ٞ٣ ٢ٌُ ‫حَُٓخُش‬
I was about to throw the letter in the bin, when I saw that there was more writing on
the other side. If you do not believe me, ask Colonel Sapt. "What?" said the Colonel,
so I read on. Ask him what woman has been a guest of the Duke. Ask if her name
begins with A. "It must be Antoinette de Mauban," I cried. "How do you know?"
asked Sapt, and I told him all I knew about the woman. "I've heard that she came to
Ruritania with her servants as a guest of Michael," Sapt said. "People say she had a
great argument with Michael, and now she's staying somewhere in Strelsau." "So she
could be useful to us," I suggested. "Perhaps she would be useful if she had
information about Michael. However, I believe that Michael wrote that letter," said
Sapt. "So do I, but I'm not certain," I said. "I'll go to the house tonight." "No, you
mustn't," said Sapt. "Let me go instead." "You can come too, but you must wait
outside the gate when I go in alone." "I don't believe this woman and you're mad to
go!" said Sapt. "I believe this woman, and I will go," I said. "Either I go to the house,
or I go back to England. We don't have much time. Every day we leave the King
imprisoned there's more danger. We must move quickly," I said. Sapt was beginning
to know when he could tell me what to do and when he could not. So reluctantly he
agreed with me.

َ‫٘خى ًظخرش أًؼ‬ٛ ٕ‫ض أ‬٣‫ ٍأ‬٠٘ٗ‫ اال ح‬،‫ٔالص‬ُٜٔ‫ ِٓش ح‬٢‫ حَُٓخُش ك‬٢‫شي إٔ أُو‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ً٘ض ػ‬ٝ
ٍ‫) كوخ‬.‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ كؤٓؤٍ حُؼو‬،٢٘‫ (اًح ً٘ض ال طظيه‬: ٢ٛ ‫ حٌُظخرش‬ٌٙٛ ٝ .َ‫ه‬٥‫ حُـخٗذ ح‬٠ِ‫رش ػ‬ٞ‫ٌٓظ‬
ٕ‫ ػٔخ اًح ًخ‬ُٚ‫ أٓؤ‬.‫م‬ٝ‫لش ُِي‬٤‫ ػٔخ اًح ًخٗض حَُٔأس ػ‬ُٚ‫ (أٓؤ‬: ‫ ٌُُي أًِٔض حُوَحءس‬، "‫ "ٓخًح؟‬:‫ي‬٤‫حُؼو‬
."ٕ‫رخ‬ٞٓ ١‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ أٗط‬٢ٛ ‫ حَُٔأس‬ٌٙٛ ٌٕٞ‫ "ٖٓ حُٔئًي إٔ ط‬:‫) كظلض هخثال‬. A ‫زيأ رلَف حُـ‬٣ ‫خ‬ٜٔٓ‫ح‬
‫خ‬ٜٗ‫ "ُوي ٓٔؼض أ‬:‫ هخٍ ٓخرض‬ٝ .‫ ػٖ حَُٔأس‬ٚ‫ ًَ ٓخ ػَكظ‬ُٚ ‫ق ػَكض ًُي؟" كوِض‬٤ً" :‫كٔؤٍ ٓخرض‬
‫َ ٓغ‬٤‫ ؿيحٍ ًز‬٢‫خ ًخٗض ك‬ٜٗ‫ٍ حُ٘خّ أ‬ٞ‫و‬٣ٝ" ،"ٌَ٣‫لش ػ٘ي ٓخ‬٤‫ ُِٗض ػ‬ٝ ‫خ‬ٜٓ‫خ ٓغ هي‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍَُٝ ‫ؿخءص‬
‫يس رخُ٘ٔزش‬٤‫ٕ ٓل‬ٌٞ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ ط‬٣ ً ‫ "اًح‬:‫ كخهظَكض هخثال‬."َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫ ٌٓخٕ ٓخ ك‬٢‫ْ ك‬٤‫ طو‬٢ٛ ٕ٥‫ح‬ٝ ،ٌَ٣‫ٓخ‬
‫ ٓغ ًُي كؤٗخ‬ٝ ،ٌَ٣‫ٍ ٓخ‬ٞ‫ٓخص ك‬ِٞ‫خ ٓؼ‬ٜ٣‫يس اًح ًخٕ ُي‬٤‫ٕ ٓل‬ٌٞ‫"ٍرٔخ ط‬.‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ حُؼو‬٢ِ‫ كَى ػ‬."‫ُ٘خ‬
،‫ ُٔض ٓظؤًيح‬٢ٌُ٘٘ٝ ، ‫ؼخ أػظوي ًُي‬٣‫ أٗخ أ‬ٝ " :ُٚ ‫ كوِض‬. "‫ ًظذ طِي حَُٓخُش‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬ٞٛ ٌَ٣‫أػظوي إٔ ٓخ‬
‫ أٗخ‬٢٘‫ ىػ‬, ‫ـذ حٕ طلؼَ ًُي أريح‬٣ ‫ ال‬،‫ "ال‬:‫ ٓخرض هخثال‬٢ٌٍٗ‫" كل‬.‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ ح‬ٌٙٛ ٍُِ٘ٔ‫ ح‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ًٛ‫ٓؤ‬ٝ
‫ذ‬ًٛ‫٘ٔخ أ‬٤‫حرش ر‬ٞ‫ي إٔ ط٘ظظَ هخٍؽ حُز‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ٌُٖٝ ،‫ؼخ‬٣‫ أ‬٢‫ٌٔ٘ي إٔ طؤط‬٣" :‫" كوِض‬. ‫ذ ريال ٓ٘ي‬ًٛ‫أ‬
‫ٕ إ هٍَص‬ٞ٘‫أٗض ٓـ‬ٝ ‫ حَُٔأس‬ٌٙٛ ‫ " أٗخ ال حطيم‬:‫ ٓخرض‬٢ُ ٍ‫" كوخ‬.١‫ ىحهَ حٍُِٔ٘ رٔلَى‬٠ُ‫حٗخ ا‬
٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ًٛ‫ "آخ إٔ أ‬:‫أػلض هخثال‬ٝ "‫ذ‬ًٛ‫ف أ‬ٞٓٝ ،‫ حَُٔأس‬ٌٙٛ ‫ "أٗخ حطيم‬:ُٚ ‫ كوِض‬."!‫خد‬ٌُٛ‫ح‬
‫٘خى‬ٛ ٕ‫٘خ كخ‬٤‫ّ ٗظَى حُِٔي ٓـ‬ٞ٣ ٌَ‫ ك‬.‫هض‬ُٞ‫َ ٖٓ ح‬٤‫٘خ حٌُؼ‬٣‫ْ ُي‬٤ُ ٖ‫ٗل‬ٝ ،‫ اٗـِظَح‬٠ُ‫ى ا‬ٞ ‫ أػ‬ٝ‫ أ‬،ٍُِ٘ٔ‫ح‬
٢ُ ٍٞ‫و‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ٌٚ٘ٔ٣ ٠‫يٍى ٓظ‬٣ ‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ريأ حُؼو‬ٝ ."،‫رَٔػش‬ٝ ‫٘خ حُظلَى‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ‫ ٌُح‬،َ‫ي ٖٓ حُوط‬٣ُِٔ‫ح‬
.٢‫ ٓؼغ حطلن ٓؼ‬٠ِ‫ ٌُح ػ‬.‫ ًُي‬ٌٚ٘ٔ٣ ‫ ال‬٠‫ٓظ‬ٝ ٚ‫خّ ر‬٤‫ـذ حُو‬٣ ‫ٓخ‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 57 Mohamed Morsi

At half past eleven that night, we got on our horses and soon arrived outside the gate
to the house, carrying our guns. It was a very dark night. ''I'll wait for you here,
outside the gate," said Sapt. "Good luck." I opened the gate and I found myself in a
leafy garden. I saw the statue of the horse and walked across the garden with the gun
in my hand. I followed the directions given in the letter and, although it was dark, I
soon arrived at the summer house. When I went inside, I heard a woman's voice.
"Shut the door," the woman whispered. I did as she asked and then looked around
the room, which was lit by a small candle. It was almost empty except for a small iron
table and two chairs. In the soft light, I could just see Antoinette in front of me and
her servant behind.

‫طِ٘خ هخٍؽ‬ٝ ‫َٓػخٕ ٓخ‬ٝ ‫ُ٘خ‬ٞ٤‫ ًٍز٘خ ه‬،‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫حُ٘ظق ٖٓ طِي ح‬ٝ ‫ش ػشَس‬٣‫ طٔخّ حُٔخػش حُلخى‬٢‫ك‬ٝ
‫ هخٍؽ‬،‫٘خ‬ٛ ‫ '' ٓؤٗظظَى‬:‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ حُؼو‬٢ُ ٍ‫ كوخ‬.‫ِش ٓظِٔش ؿيح‬٤ُ ‫ًخٗض‬ٝ .‫ ٗلَٔ ٓالك٘خ‬،ٍُِ٘ٔ‫حرش ح‬ٞ‫ر‬
‫ض‬٤‫ٓش‬ٝ ٕ‫ض طٔؼخٍ كظخ‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ .‫ٍهش‬ٞٓ ‫وش‬٣‫ كي‬٢‫ ك‬٢ٔ‫ؿيص ٗل‬ٝٝ ‫حرش‬ٞ‫ كظلض حُز‬."‫يح‬٤‫ كظخ ٓؼ‬،‫حرش‬ٞ‫حُز‬
ٖٓ ْ‫ حَُؿ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬،‫ ًخٗض رخَُٓخُش‬٢‫حإلٍشخىحص حُظ‬ٝ ‫ٔخص‬٤ِ‫ طخرؼض حُظؼ‬.١‫ي‬٣ ٢‫ ك‬٢ٓ‫ٓٔي‬ٝ ‫وش‬٣‫ػ زَ حُلي‬
:‫ْٔ هخثال‬ٜ٣ ‫ص حَٓأس‬ٞ‫ػ٘يٓخ ىهِض ٓٔؼض ط‬ٝ . ‫ حٌُٔخٕ حَُٔحى‬٠ُ‫طِض ا‬ٝ ‫َٓػخٕ ٓخ‬ٝ ،ّ‫شيس حُظال‬
‫حٓطش شٔؼش‬ٞ‫ ًخٗض ٓؼخءس ر‬٢‫ حُظ‬،‫ حٍؿخء حُـَكش‬٠‫ٗظَص ك‬ٝ ٢٘ٓ ‫ كؼِض ٓخ ؽِزض‬."‫"أؿِن حُزخد‬
‫ء حُوخكض‬ٞ‫ٌح حُؼ‬ٛ ٍ‫هال‬ٝ .ٖ٤٤ًَٓٝ ‫َس‬٤‫ش طـ‬٣‫ي‬٣‫ُش كي‬ٝ‫ش رخٓظؼ٘خء ؽخ‬٤ُ‫ هخ‬ٚ‫ ًخٗض حُـَكش شز‬.‫َس‬٤ ‫طـ‬
.‫خ‬ٜ‫خ هخىٓظ‬ٜ‫ٍحث‬ٝ ٖٓٝ ‫ض‬٤ٗٞ‫ض حٗط‬٣‫ٍأ‬

"We have little time," Antoinette said. "Listen! I know who you are and I know
you're not the King. You're Mr Rassendyll. I wrote that letter to you at the Duke's
orders. In twenty minutes, three men will be here to kill you." "Or I'll kill them! I
suppose they're three of the Duke's Six Men?" "Yes, you must leave here before they
arrive, so listen carefully! The plan is to kill you and to take your body into the old
town. It'll be found and Michael will arrest Colonel Sapt and Captain Fritz von
Tarlenheim for murdering you. Then a messenger will be sent to Zenda and the real
King will be murdered too. The Duke will then become King. Do you understand?"
"Oh, yes, I understand. It's a clever plan. But why are you helping me?" "I don't like
to see people being killed. Now go. But remember, you're never safe in this city. You
have guards following you, don't you? Well, Michael's men are following them. If
you're alone, then you'll die. Now go quietly this way past the summer house for
about a hundred metres. There you'll find a ladder against the wall. Climb it and run
as fast as you can."

‫أٗخ أػِْ أٗي ُٔض‬ٝ ‫ "حٓٔغ! أػَف ٖٓ أٗض‬:‫أػخكض هخثِش‬ٝ ،"‫هض‬ُٞ‫َ ٖٓ ح‬٤ِ‫٘خ حُو‬٣‫ "ُي‬:٢ُ ‫كوخُض‬
‫وش‬٤‫ٖ ىه‬٣َ‫ٕ ػش‬ٞ‫ ؿؼ‬٢‫م ك‬ٝ‫ رؤَٓ ٖٓ حُي‬ٚٗ‫ ًظزض ُي طِي حَُٓخُش أل‬.ٍ‫ي ٍحٓ٘ي‬٤ُٔ‫ أٗض ح‬.‫حُِٔي‬
‫ْ ػالػش ٖٓ حَُؿخٍ حُٔظش هخطش‬ٜٗ‫ْ أٗخ! أظٖ أ‬ِٜ‫ أهظ‬ٝ‫ "أ‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬."‫٘خ ػالػش ٍؿخٍ ُوظِي‬ٛ ٌٕٞ٤ٓ
!‫ش‬٣‫ي حالٓظٔخع رؼ٘خ‬٤ِ‫ ٌُح ػ‬،ُْٜٞ‫ط‬ٝ َ‫ٌح حٌُٔخٕ هز‬ٛ ٍ‫ـذ إٔ طـخى‬٣ٝ ،ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬:٢ُ ‫م؟" كوخُض‬ٝ‫حُي‬
ٌَ٣‫ؼظوَ ٓخ‬٣ ْ‫ٖٓ ػ‬ٝ ‫ ؿؼظي‬٠ِ‫ٍ ػ‬ٞ‫ظْ حُؼؼ‬٣ ‫ رؼي ًُي‬.‫ٔش‬٣‫ حُزِيس حُوي‬٢‫اُوخء ؿؼٔخٗي ك‬ٝ ،‫ هظِي‬٢ٛ ‫كخُوطش‬
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 58 Mohamed Morsi
ٌ‫٘ج‬٤‫ ك‬.‫ؼخ‬٣‫ أ‬٢‫و‬٤‫وظَ حُِٔي حُلو‬٣ ٝ ‫ ُٗيح‬٠ُ‫ٍ ا‬ٍٞٓ ٍ‫ظْ آٍخ‬٣ ْ‫ ػ‬.‫ْ روظِي‬ٜٜٔ‫ظ‬٣ٝ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ًال ٖٓ ٓخرض‬
‫ٌُٖ ُٔخًح‬ٝ ،‫ش‬٤ًً ‫خ هطش‬ٜٗ‫ أ‬.ْٜ‫ أك‬،ْ‫ " ٗؼ‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ٔض؟ " كوِض‬ٜ‫َ ك‬ٛ .‫ حُِٔي‬ٞٛ ‫م‬ٝ‫ظزق حُي‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ
‫ حٗي‬،ًٌَ‫ٌُٖ ط‬ٝ .ٕ٥‫ذ ح‬ًٛ‫أػخكض" أ‬ٝ "ِٕٞ‫وظ‬٣ ّ‫ حُ٘خ‬ٍٟ‫ "أٗخ ال أكذ إٔ أ‬:٢ُ ‫؟" كوخُض‬٢٘٣‫طٔخػي‬
، ْٜٗٞ‫َحهز‬٣ ٌَ٣‫ ٍؿخٍ ٓخ‬،‫ْ ًٌُي؟ كٔ٘خ‬٤ُ‫ أ‬،‫ظزؼي‬٣ َّ‫ي ك‬٣‫ ُي‬.‫٘ش‬٣‫ حُٔي‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ٕ أريح خٓ٘خ ك‬ٌٞ‫ُٖ ط‬
ٍٝ‫ن حُٔـخ‬٣َ‫ٌح حُط‬ٛ ٖٓ ‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ذ ر‬ًٛ‫ٕ ح‬٥‫ ح‬. ‫ى‬ِٞ‫وظ‬٤ُ ‫خ رٔلَىى‬ٜ٤‫ٕ ك‬ٌٞ‫ ط‬٢‫ٕ حُِلظش حُظ‬َٝ‫٘ظظ‬٣ٝ
"ٌٖٔ٣ ‫ ػْ حًٍغ رؤَٓع ٓخ‬ٚ‫ طِٔو‬.ٍ‫ حُـيح‬٠ِ‫٘خى ٓظـي ِْٓ ػ‬ٛٝ ،َ‫ ٓخثش ٓظ‬٢ُ‫ح‬ٞ‫ٍُِِٔ٘ ُل‬

"And what will you do?" "I also have a game to play. I'll tell the Duke's men that
you never came. If the Duke doesn't find out what I've done, we may meet again."
"Thank you. You've helped the King tonight," I said. "But before I go, tell me
something: Do you know where he is in the castle?"
"Yes, I do know. Inside the castle there's a door on the right, and behind that – but
listen! They're here! It's too late for you to escape!" I looked through a gap in the
summer house door and saw three men standing outside. Then I heard a voice, which
spoke in English: "Are you in there, Mr Rassendyll?"
I did not answer. "We want to make you an offer," the voice said. "Will you let us
in?" "Do not trust them," said Antoinette quietly.

‫اًح‬ٝ ،‫٘خ‬ٛ ٠ُ‫ ا‬٠‫م حٗي ُْ طؤط‬ٝ‫ٍ َُؿخٍ حُي‬ٞ‫ ٓؤه‬.‫ِش‬٤‫ ك‬١‫ "ُي‬:٢ُ ‫ٖ؟" كوخُض‬٤ِ‫ٓخًح ٓظلؼ‬ٝ" :‫خ‬ُٜ ‫كوِض‬
ٌٙٛ ‫ حُِٔي‬٠‫ ُوي ٓخػيط‬.‫ "شٌَح ُي‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫" كوِض‬.َٟ‫ هي أٍحى َٓس أه‬،ٚ‫م ٓخ هٔض ر‬ٝ‫ٌظشق حُي‬٣ ُْ
‫ حُوِؼش؟" كوخُض‬٢‫ٖ ٌٓخٕ حُِٔي ك‬٣‫ٖ أ‬٤‫َ طؼَك‬ٛ :‫جخ‬٤‫ ش‬٢ُ ٠ُٞ‫ ه‬،‫ذ‬ًٛ‫ "ٌُٖ هزَ إٔ أ‬:‫أػلض‬ٝ ."‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ح‬
ٕ‫ح‬ٝ‫٘خ كخص حأل‬ٛ ْٜٗ‫ٌُٖ حٓٔغ ا‬ٝ ... ‫ٍحء ًُي‬ٝٝ ،ٖ٤ٔ٤ُ‫ ح‬٠ِ‫٘خى رخد ػ‬ٛ ‫ ىحهَ حُوِؼش‬،‫ "ٗؼْ أػَف‬:٢ُ
ْ‫ ػ‬.‫ حُوخٍؽ‬٠‫ٕ ك‬ٞ‫ول‬٣ ٍ‫ض ػالػش ٍؿخ‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ ‫ض‬٤‫ رخد حُز‬٢‫س ك‬ٞ‫َد!" ٗظَص ٖٓ هالٍ كـ‬ٜ‫رخُ٘ٔزش ُي ُظ‬
:‫ص‬ٞ‫ كوخٍ حُظ‬.ْٜ٤ِ‫ي ٍحٓ٘يٍ؟" ُْ أٍى ػ‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ،‫٘خى‬ٛ ‫َ أٗض‬ٛ" :‫ش‬٣ِ٤ِ‫ظٌِْ رخالٗـ‬٣ ،‫طخ‬ٞ‫ٓٔؼض ط‬
."ْٜ‫ "ال طؼن ر‬:‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ض ر‬٤ٗٞ‫ حٗط‬٢ُ ‫ٍ؟" كوخُض‬ٞ‫َ طؤًٕ ُ٘خ رخُيه‬ٛ .‫ي إٔ ٗويّ ُي ػَػخ‬٣َٗ ٖ‫"ٗل‬

"Stand outside and talk," I called. "I won't let you in." "That's a good idea," said the
voice, who I thought must be Detchard. "Is that Mr Detchard?" I asked. "Our names
are not important. We can offer you a safe journey to the border and fifty thousand
English pounds," he continued. "That sounds a generous offer," I said, but of course
I did not trust them at all. "Give me a minute to think." Then I told Antoinette and
her servant to stand close to the wall, away from the door. "What are you going to
do?" Antoinette asked. "You'll see." I picked up the iron table and held it by the legs
so it was in front of me. Then I said, "Gentlemen, I'd like to accept your kind offer.
Perhaps you can open the door for me." "Why don't you open the door yourself?"
said Detchard. "Very well, but it opens outwards," I explained. "You'll need to step
back or the door will hit you." I pretended to try and open the door, and called out,
"I can't open it." "Then I'll open it," called Detchard.

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 59 Mohamed Morsi

‫ي‬٤ً‫ رخُظؤ‬ٚٗ‫ حػظويص ح‬١ٌُ‫ص ح‬ٞ‫" كوخٍ حُظ‬.ٍٞ‫طليع كِٖ أٓٔق ُي رخُيه‬ٝ ‫ "هق ٌٓخٗي‬:‫ص‬ٞ‫كوِض ُِظ‬
،‫ٔش‬ٜٓ ‫ٔض‬٤ُ ‫ " حألٓٔخء‬:٢ُ ٍ‫ كوخ‬."‫ظشخٍى؟‬٣‫ي ى‬٤ُٔ‫َ أٗض ح‬ٛ" :ٚ‫ كٔخُظ‬."،‫يس‬٤‫ كٌَس ؿ‬ٌٙٛ" :‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ى‬
‫ٌح ػَػخ‬ٛ ٝ‫زي‬٣" :ُٚ ‫ كوِض‬.،"٢٣ِ٤ِ‫ حٗـ‬ٚ٤٘‫ ؿ‬06666ٝ ‫ى‬ٝ‫ حُلي‬٠ُ‫كَ ُي ٍكِش خٓ٘ش ا‬ٞٗ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ أ‬٣ ٖ‫ٗل‬
‫ض‬٤ٗٞ‫" ػْ هِض ألٗط‬.َ٤ٌ‫وش ُِظل‬٤‫ ىه‬٢٘‫ "أػط‬.‫ حإلؽالم‬٠ِ‫ْ ػ‬ٜ‫ٌُٖ رخُطزغ ُْ أًٖ أػن ر‬ٝ "،‫خ‬٤‫ٓو‬
ّ‫خ‬٤‫ حُو‬١ٞ٘‫ ط‬١ٌُ‫ "ٓخ ح‬:‫ض‬٤ٗٞ‫ أٗط‬٢٘‫ كٔؤُظ‬.‫يح ػٖ حُزخد‬٤‫ رؼ‬،ٍ‫ ٓوَرش ٖٓ حُـيح‬٠ِ‫ولخ ػ‬٣ ٕ‫خ أ‬ٜ‫هخىٓظ‬ٝ
‫خ‬ٜ٣‫ "أ‬:‫ ػْ هِض‬.٢ٓ‫خ أٓخ‬ٜ‫ؿؼِظ‬ٝ ،ٖ٤‫ش ٖٓ حُٔخه‬٣‫ي‬٣‫ُش حُلي‬ٝ‫ حُظوطض حُطخ‬."ٖ٣َ‫ "ٓظ‬. ‫خ‬ُٜ ‫؟" كوِض‬ٚ‫ر‬
ّٞ‫ُٔخًح ال طو‬ٝ" :‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ ى‬٢ُ ٍ‫" كوخ‬٢ُ ‫ اًح ً طلؼِظْ رلظق حُزخد‬،٢‫ٍ ػَػٌْ حُٔو‬ٞ‫ى هز‬ٝ‫ أ‬،‫حُٔخىس‬
ٕٞ‫ "ٓظلظخؿ‬:‫أػلض هخثال‬ٝ ،"‫ حُوخٍؽ‬٠ُ‫لظق ا‬٣ ٌُٚ٘ٝ ،‫ْ"كٔ٘خ ؿيح‬ُٜ ‫رلظق حُزخد ر٘لٔي؟" كوِض‬
‫ص‬ٞ‫ْ رظ‬ٜ‫ظ‬٣‫ٗخى‬ٝ ،‫ٍ كظق حُزخد‬ٝ‫ أكخ‬٢٘ٗ‫َص رؤ‬ٛ‫" طظخ‬.ٌْ‫ظطيّ حُزخد ر‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ‫اال‬ٝ ‫ال‬٤ِ‫ حُظَحؿغ ه‬٠ُ‫ا‬
."ٚ‫ٍ كظل‬ٝ‫ظشخٍى "ٓؤكخ‬٣‫" كوخٍ ى‬.ٚ‫ كظل‬٢ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ ‫ "ال‬٢ُ‫ػخ‬

As Detchard was walking up to the door, I moved quietly to the back of the summer
house. It took him a few seconds to open the door, but as soon as he did, I ran at him
as fast as I could holding the table in front of me. There was a terrible noise as all
three men fired their guns at once, but I was protected by the table top. The men
were all standing on the steps up to the summer house, so as I ran out, the table top
hit them and they all fell down the steps. Before I knew what was happening, I too
was falling down the steps, but as I was on top of the men, I managed to get up fastest
and run away, firing my gun behind me.

ٚ٘ٓ َٓ‫ حٓظـَم حأل‬.ٍُِ٘ٔ‫ ٖٓ ح‬٢‫ حُـِء حُوِل‬٠ُ‫ء ا‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ حٗظوِض ر‬،‫ حُزخد‬٠ُ‫َ ا‬٤ٔ٣ ‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫٘ٔخ ًخٕ ى‬٤‫ر‬ٝ
‫ُش‬ٝ‫أٗخ حٓٔي رخُطخ‬ٝ ٌٖٔ٣ ‫ رؤَٓع ٓخ‬ٙٞ‫ طويٓض ٗل‬،ٚ‫ٌُٖ رٔـَى إٔ كظل‬ٝ ،‫حٕ ُلظق حُزخد‬ٞ‫رؼغ ػ‬
،‫حكيس‬ٝ ‫ْ ىكؼش‬ٜٗ‫َح‬٤ٗ ‫ذ ػ٘يٓخ أؽِن حَُؿخٍ حُؼالػش‬٤ٍٛ ‫ؾ‬٤‫ص ػـ‬ٞ‫٘خى ط‬ٛ ٕ‫ ًخ‬. ٢ٓ‫ش أٓخ‬٣‫ي‬٣‫حُلي‬
ْٛٞ‫ػ٘يٓخ حٗطِوض ٗل‬ٝ ‫ ٓوَرش ٖٓ حُزخد‬٠ِ‫ؼخ ػ‬٤ٔ‫ ًخٕ حَُؿخٍ ؿ‬.‫ش‬٣‫ي‬٣‫ُش حُلي‬ٝ‫ رخُطخ‬٢ٔ‫ ً٘ض ٓل‬٢ٌُ٘٘ٝ
‫ؼخ‬٣‫ أ‬٢ٔ‫ؿيص ٗل‬ٝ ‫ليع‬٣ ‫وش ٓخ‬٤‫هزَ إٔ أىٍى كو‬ٝ .‫ حألٍع‬٠ِ‫ؼخ ػ‬٤ٔ‫ح ؿ‬ٞ‫ُش ٓوط‬ٝ‫أٗخ حٓٔي رخُطخ‬ٝ
٢ٓ‫َحٕ ٖٓ ٓٔي‬٤ُ٘‫أٗخ أؽِن ح‬ٝ ، ٍ‫ٌُص رخُلَح‬ٝ ‫ٌُٖ َٓػخٕ ٓخ هٔض‬ٝ ٢‫ْ ٖٓ شيس حٗيكخػ‬ٜ٤ِ‫حٓوؾ ػ‬
.٠‫هِل‬
There were angry shouts and more shots. I remembered what Antoinette had said
about a ladder and soon found it and climbed over the wall in seconds. Running
along the outside of the wall, I heard more shots but realised they were being fired by
Sapt, who was trying to get into the gate. "Sapt! It's me, let's go!" I shouted. "You're
safe!" he cried in surprise. "I have a fine story to tell you about a table!" I told him,
as we jumped on our horses and rode quickly back to the palace.

ُِْٔ‫ض ػٖ ح‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ أٗط‬٢ُ ٚ‫ طًٌَص ٓخ هخُظ‬.‫ش‬٣ٍ‫حُطِوخص حُ٘خ‬ٝ ‫لخص حُـؼذ‬٤‫يح ٖٓ ط‬٣ِٓ ‫٘خى‬ٛ ٕ‫ً خ‬
١َ‫ـ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ٌُٖ أىًٍض أ‬ٝ َ‫ ٓٔؼض ؽِوخص أًؼ‬، ‫م حُـيحٍ ُِوخٍؽ‬ٞ‫هلِص ٖٓ ك‬ٝ ٚ‫ؿيط‬ٝ ‫َٓػخٕ ٓخ‬ٝ
:‫ هخثال‬ٚ٤‫ كظلض ك‬.‫حرش‬ٞ‫ حُز‬٠ُ‫ٍ ا‬ٞ‫ط‬ُٞ‫ٍ ح‬ٝ‫لخ‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬،‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ْ ٖٓ هزَ حُؼو‬ٜ٤ِ‫اؽالم حُ٘خٍ ػ‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 60 Mohamed Morsi

ٖ٤‫ٍ َٓٔػ‬ٞ٤‫ٗلٖ ًَٗذ حُو‬ٝ ُٚ ‫ "أٗض خٖٓ!" كوِض‬:‫شخ‬ٛ‫ كظَم ٓ٘ي‬. "!‫ذ‬ٌٛٗ ‫خ‬٤ٛ ،‫ أٗخ‬ٚٗ‫"ٓخ رض! أ‬
"! ‫ُش‬ٝ‫ي طظؼِن رطخ‬٤ِ‫خ ػ‬ٜ‫ِش ألهظ‬٤ٔ‫ هظش ؿ‬١‫ "ُي‬:َ‫ حُوظ‬ٞ‫ٗل‬

The next day, Sapt read me the latest report from the Chief of Police. "Some
interesting things have been happening this morning," said Sapt. "The police report
says that the Duke of Strelsau left the capital by the road to Zenda. An hour later, he
was followed by De Gautet, Bersonin and Detchard, who had a bandage around his
arm," I was pleased that my shot the night before had been a good one. "Finally,
listen to this: the people of the capital are not happy that the King has yet to marry
the Princess. Some people say that if they do not marry soon, it would be better if the
Princess married the Duke of Strelsau. However, the King is having a ball tonight for
the Princess." "I don't know anything about a ball," I said. "Oh, it has all been
prepared," said Fritz, "by me." "Listen," said Sapt. "You must ask the Princess to
marry you tonight." "I can't do that," I said. "It wouldn't be fair to the Princess."

‫وَح‬٣ ٞٛٝ ‫ كوخٍ ٓخرض‬.‫ْ حُشَؽش‬٤‫ ٖٓ ٍث‬٢٘ٓ‫َ ح‬٣َ‫ي ٓخرض خهَ طو‬٤‫ حُؼو‬٢ُ ‫ هَأ‬،٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ك‬ٝ
ٍ‫م ؿخى‬ٝ‫ٍ إٔ حُي‬ٞ‫و‬٣ َ٣َ‫ حُظو‬.ّ‫ظٔخ‬ٛ‫َس ُال‬٤‫خء حُٔؼ‬٤‫ٌح حُظزخف رؼغ حألش‬ٛ ‫ " ُوي كيع‬:َ٣َ‫حُظو‬
، ‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ى‬ٝ َٖٗٞٓ٤‫ر‬، ‫طض‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬١‫ ًَ ٖٓ ى‬ٚ‫ٓؼ‬ٝ ‫م‬ٝ‫ ػخى حُي‬،‫رؼي ٓخػش‬ٝ .‫ ُٗيح‬٠ُ‫٘خ ا‬ٜ‫حُؼخطٔش ٓظـ‬
‫طخرغ‬ٝ .ْٛ‫ش هي أطخرض حكي‬٤‫ِش حُٔخػ‬٤ُِ‫ ح‬٢‫يح رؤٕ ؽِوظ‬٤‫" ً٘ض ٓؼ‬ٚ‫ٍ ًٍحػ‬ٞ‫ؼغ ػٔخىس ك‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ح‬
‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ؽ حأل‬ِٝ‫ظ‬٣ ُْ ‫يح ألٕ حُِٔي‬٤‫ْ ٓؼ‬٤ُ ‫ شؼذ حُؼخطٔش‬:‫ٌح‬ٛ ٠ُ‫ حٓظٔغ ا‬،‫َح‬٤‫أه‬ٝ" :‫ هخثال‬ٚ‫ؼ‬٣‫ٓخرض كي‬
، .‫م‬ٝ‫َس ٖٓ حُي‬٤ٓ‫ؿض حأل‬ِٝ‫ٕ ٖٓ حألكؼَ اًح ط‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ٚٗ‫ كب‬،‫زخ‬٣َ‫حؽ ه‬ُِٝ‫ٌٖ ح‬٣ ُْ ‫ اًح‬ٚٗ‫ٍ حُزؼغ أ‬ٞ‫و‬٣ٝ
‫ء ػٖ كلِش‬٢‫ ش‬١‫ "أٗخ ال أػَف أ‬:ُٚ ‫ كوِض‬." ‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫َس ح‬٤ٓ‫ْ كلِش ٍهض ُأل‬٤‫و‬٤ٓ ‫ٍؿْ ًُي كخٕ حُِٔي‬ٝ
‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ـذ إٔ ططِذ ٖٓ حأل‬٣ ‫ "حٓٔغ‬:‫ ٓخرض‬٢ُ ٍ‫خ" كوخ‬ُٜ ‫ ُوي طْ حإلػيحى‬،ٙٝ‫ظِ"أ‬٣َ‫ كوخٍ ك‬."ٌٙٛ ‫حَُهض‬
." ‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ ظِْ ُأل‬ٚ٤‫غ إٔ أكؼَ ًُي كل‬٤‫ "ال أٓظط‬:ُٚ ‫" كوِض‬.‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ ح‬ٌٙٛ ‫حؽ ٓ٘ي‬ُِٝ‫ح‬
That evening, the ball was a great success. After we had eaten, I sat with the Princess
and some of my other guests in a small room by the palace gardens. The servants
brought us coffee and we had time to talk. "You've been King for a few weeks now,"
said the Princess, "Everyone says you've done a very good job. I'm very pleased for
you." "You know, someone once said to me, 'a person who has a position in society
has responsibilities.' Recently I've realised how true this is." "Haven't you always
thought that?" asked the Princess. "No, when I was younger, I didn't think I needed
to worry about society, I thought that was someone else's job," The Princess looked
very surprised. "But you always knew that you would become King. How could you
think that was someone else's job?"

‫ ؿَكش‬٢‫ٖ ك‬٣َ‫ه‬٥‫ ح‬٢‫ك‬ٞ٤‫رؼغ ػ‬ٝ ‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ ؿِٔض ٓغ حأل‬، ّ‫ٍ حُطؼخ‬ٝ‫رؼي ط٘خ‬ٝ. ‫ًخٗض حُللِش ٗخؿلش ؿيح‬
" :‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ حأل‬٢ُ ‫ كوخُض‬.‫غ‬٣‫هض ُِلي‬ُٞ‫٘خ ح‬٣‫ًخٕ ُي‬ٝ ‫س‬ٜٞ‫ ؿِذ حُويّ ُ٘خ حُو‬.َ‫حٍ كيحثن حُوظ‬ٞ‫َس رـ‬٤‫طـ‬
‫ "ًحص َٓس‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬."‫يس ري‬٤‫أٗخ ٓؼ‬ٝ .‫ي ُي رخٌُلخءس‬ٜ‫ش‬٣ ٌَُ‫ح‬ٝ ٕ٥‫ ح‬٠‫غ كظ‬٤‫أٗض حُِٔي ُزؼؼش أٓخر‬
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‫ُوي أىًٍض ٓئهَح‬ٝ ‫خص‬٤ُٝ‫ؼخ ٓٔئ‬٣‫ أ‬ٚ٤ِ‫ حُٔـظٔغ ػ‬٢‫ ٌٓخٗش ك‬ٚ٣‫ ُي‬١ٌُ‫ شوض إ حُشوض ح‬٢ُ ٍ‫هخ‬
‫ كؼ٘يٓخ ً٘ض‬،‫ ًُي‬٢‫خ " ُْ أكٌَ ك‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬."‫ ًُي؟‬٢‫ "حُْ طلٌَ ك‬:‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ حأل‬٢٘‫ كٔؤُظ‬."‫ طلش ًُي‬ٟ‫ٓي‬
‫َس‬٤ٓ‫شض حأل‬ٛ‫" حٗي‬،َ‫ٔش شوض خه‬ٜٓ ٚٗ‫ أل‬،‫ رلخؿش ُِوِن رشؤٕ حُٔـظٔغ‬٢٘ٗ‫ ُْ أًٖ أػظوي أ‬،‫َح‬٤‫طـ‬
َٔ‫ٌح حُؼ‬ٛ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ طؼظوي أ‬٣ ‫ق‬٤ٌ‫ ك‬.‫ ػِْ أٗي ٓظظزق حُِٔي‬٠ِ‫ "ٌُ٘ي ً٘ض ىحثٔخ ػ‬:‫هخُض‬ٝ .‫ش‬٣‫ُِـخ‬
"‫ٔش شوض خهَ؟‬ٜٓ

Once again, I had made a mistake in what I said. But suddenly, instead of saying
something to cover up my mistake, I wanted to tell the Princess the truth. She was
kind and clever and she was going to marry the King. She should know what had
happened to her future husband, and she should know all about my game. I decided I
had to tell her everything. "Flavia," I said quietly, so none of the other guests could
hear, "there's something you should know. I'm not really ... " But I never finished
the words I wanted to say because at that moment, we heard footsteps in the garden
outside the room. I looked up and jumped with fright, because a face suddenly
appeared at the French window

‫ أٍىص‬،١‫ هطؤ‬٠ِ‫ش ػ‬٤‫ء ُِظـط‬٢‫ٍ ش‬ٞ‫ريال ٖٓ إٔ ه‬ٝ ،‫ٌُٖ كـؤس‬ٝ .ٚ‫ ٓخ هِظ‬٢‫ حٍطٌزض هطؤ ك‬،َٟ‫َٓس أه‬
‫ إٔ طؼَف ٓخ‬٢‫٘زـ‬٣ ‫ ٌُح‬.‫ؽ حُِٔي‬ِٝ‫خ ًخٗض ٓظظ‬ٜٗ‫ش ًٔخ أ‬٤ًًٝ ‫كش‬ٞ‫ًخٗض ػط‬ٝ .‫وش‬٤‫َس حُلو‬٤ٓ‫ٍ ُأل‬ٞ‫إٔ أه‬
‫ الري‬٢٘ٗ‫ كوٍَص أ‬.‫ٍ حُِٔي‬ٝ‫ ري‬٢ٓ‫خ‬٤‫ء ػٖ ه‬٢‫ـذ إٔ طؼَف ًَ ش‬٣ ‫خ‬ٜٗ‫أ‬ٝ ،َ‫ حُٔٔظوز‬٢‫خ ك‬ٜ‫ؿ‬ُِٝ ‫كيع‬
‫ء‬٢‫٘خى ش‬ٛ ‫خ‬٤‫ "كالك‬:ٖ٣َ‫ه‬٥‫ف ح‬ٞ٤‫ حكي ٖٓ حُؼ‬٢٘‫ٔٔؼ‬٣ ‫ ال‬٢ٌُ ‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫خ ر‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬.‫ء‬٢‫خ ًَ ش‬ُٜ ٍٞ‫إٔ أه‬
‫ ٓٔؼ٘خ‬،‫ طِي حُِلظش‬٢‫ ك‬ٚٗ‫خ أل‬ُٜ ُٚٞ‫" ُْ أًَٔ ٓخ أٍىص إٔ أه‬... ......‫ كوخ ُٔض‬٢٘ٗ‫ ا‬،ٚ٤‫ـذ إٔ طؼَك‬٣
‫َ كـؤس‬ٜ‫ ظ‬ٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٕ‫ أل‬،‫ف‬ٞ‫هلِص ٖٓ شيس حُو‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ أػ‬٠ُ‫ ٗظَص ا‬.‫وش هخٍؽ حُـَكش‬٣‫ حُلي‬٢‫ ك‬٠‫ص هط‬ٞ‫ط‬
.‫ش‬٤َٔٗ‫ٖٓ حُ٘خكٌس حُل‬

I relaxed when I saw that the person looking in on us was Sapt. "I apologise, but
there's someone who wants to see you, sir," he said to me, but I could tell from his
eyes that he was angry. How long had he been listening to my conversation with the
Princess? Had he heard that I was about to tell her the truth about who I really was?
We returned to the ball where the Princess went quickly away with her servants and
I was welcomed by other important people at the ball. I realised then that my game
had gone too far to go back: I could not tell anyone who I really was or they would
think I was mad. Sapt had stopped me from saying too much to the Princess, and
Sapt's plan really was working.

:٢ُ ٍ‫ كوخ‬.‫ي ٓخرض‬٤‫ حُؼو‬ٞٛ ‫٘ظَ ٖٓ حُ٘خكٌس‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ض إٔ حُشوض ح‬٣‫ء ػ٘يٓخ ٍأ‬ٝ‫ي‬ُٜ‫شؼَص رخ‬
ٕ‫ ًخ‬ٚٗ‫ ح‬ٚ٤٘٤‫ إٔ أىٍى ٖٓ ػ‬٢ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ ٢ٌُ٘٘ٝ "،١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ،‫وخرِي‬٣ ٕ‫ي أ‬٣َ٣ ٖٓ ‫٘خى‬ٛ ٌُٖٝ ، ‫"ٓؼٌٍس‬
ٕ‫شي أ‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ ً٘ض ػ‬٢٘ٗ‫َ ٓٔغ أ‬ٛ ٝ ‫َس؟‬٤ٓ‫ ٓغ حأل‬٢‫ؼ‬٣‫ كي‬٠ُ‫هض هي حٓظٔغ ا‬ُٞ‫ ًْ ٖٓ ح‬َٟ‫ ط‬.‫ؿخػزخ‬
ٖ٤ُٜٔٔ‫هخّ رؼغ حُ٘خّ ح‬ٝ ‫خ‬ٜٓ‫َس ٓغ هي‬٤ٓ‫أَٓػض حأل‬ٝ ‫ حُللِش‬٠ُ‫؟ ػيٗخ ا‬٢‫وظ‬٤‫خ ػٖ كو‬ُٜ ‫حًشق‬
‫ كؤٗخ ال‬: ‫خ‬ٜ٘‫َ حُظَحؿغ ػ‬٤‫ٔظل‬٣ ‫ َٓكِش‬٠ُ‫طَ ا‬ٝ ‫ٍ حُِٔي هي‬ٝ‫ ري‬٢ٓ‫خ‬٤‫ ػْ أىًٍض إٔ ه‬.٢‫ذ ر‬٤‫رخُظَك‬
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‫ي ٓخرض ٖٓ حُظليع‬٤‫ حُؼو‬٢٘‫ ُوي ٓ٘ؼ‬.ٕٞ٘‫ ٓـ‬٢٘ٗ‫ؼظوي أ‬٤ٓ ‫اال‬ٝ ٢‫وظ‬٤‫ شوض ػٖ كو‬١‫ إٔ حهزَ أ‬٢ٌ٘٘ٔ٣
.‫هي ًخٕ ٓلوخ‬ٝ ،‫َس‬٤ٓ‫َح ٓغ حأل‬٤‫ًؼ‬

The next morning, Sapt and I sat in my room thinking about what to do next. "Do
you realise," I said, "that everyone really thinks I'm the King, even the Princess? I
could even arrange for the Duke and the real King to be killed." "This is all true,"
said Sapt. "So will you do such a thing?" "Of course not. I shouldn't be here,
pretending to be anything. It isn't fair for the people of Ruritania and it isn't fair for
the Princess, either. We can't wait any longer," I said. "We must go to Zenda and
rescue the King." "You're a good man," said Sapt.

‫ كوِض‬.‫ رؼي ًُي‬ٚ‫خّ ر‬٤‫ـذ حُو‬٣ ‫ٔخ‬٤‫ ُ٘لٌَ ك‬٢‫ ؿَكظ‬٢‫ي ٓخرض ك‬٤‫حُؼو‬ٝ ‫ أٗخ‬،‫ ؿِٔض‬٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ طزخف ح‬٢‫ك‬ٝ
ٖٓ ‫ إٔ حٍطذ ُِظوِض‬٢ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ ٢٘ٗ‫َس؟ ا‬٤ٓ‫ حأل‬٠‫ كظ‬،‫ حُِٔي‬٢٘ٗ‫ؼظوي كوخ أ‬٣ ‫غ‬٤ٔ‫َ طؼِْ إٔ حُـ‬ٛ" :ُٚ
:ُٚ ‫ء؟" كوِض‬٢‫ٌح حُش‬ٛ َ‫َ ٓظلؼَ ٓؼ‬ٛ ٌُٖٝ ‫ق‬٤‫ طل‬ًِٚ ‫ٌح‬ٛ" :٢ُ ٍ‫ ٓؼخ" كوخ‬٢‫و‬٤‫حُِٔي حُلو‬ٝ ‫م‬ٝ‫حُي‬
ٍ‫ْ ٖٓ حُؼي‬٤ُ ٚٗ‫خ ًٔخ ح‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ْ ًُي ٖٓ حُؼيٍ ُشؼذ‬٤ِ‫ ك‬،‫ إٔ حكؼَ ًُي‬٢ُ ٢‫٘زـ‬٣ ‫ ال‬.‫"رخُطزغ ال‬
".‫ٗ٘وٌ حُِٔي‬ٝ ‫ ُٗيح‬٠ُ‫ذ ا‬ٌٛٗ ٕ‫ـذ أ‬٣ ،‫ٌٔ٘٘خ حالٗظظخٍ أًؼَ ٖٓ ًُي‬٣ ‫ "ال‬:‫أػلض هخثال‬ٝ ،"‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ُأل‬
."‫ "أٗض ٍؿَ طخُق‬:٢ُ ٍ‫كوخ‬

First, however, I needed to see Princess Flavia again. If I could not tell her the
truth, I could at least warn her that the situation in Ruritania was not as good as she
believed it to be. I visited her in her palace later that day, and she asked her servants
to bring me some coffee. Then she told me that she had received two letters. One was
from Michael, who had invited her to visit Zenda. Then she showed me the other
letter. "I don't know who this one's from," she said. I immediately knew who it was
from: the writing was the same as the letter I had received. It was from Antoinette de
Mauban and it read: You do not know me, but I do not want you to fall into the power
of the Duke. Do not accept any invitation from him and do not go anywhere without
many guards. Show this letter, if you can, to the leader of Ruritania.

٠ِ‫ كؼ‬،‫وش‬٤‫خ حُلو‬ُٜ ٍٞ‫ كبًح ُْ أٓظطغ إٔ أه‬.َٟ‫خ َٓس أه‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ ً٘ض رلخؿش ُٔوخرِش حأل‬، ‫ش‬٣‫ حُزيح‬٢‫ك‬
‫هض‬ٝ ٢‫خ ك‬َٛ‫ هظ‬٢‫خ ك‬ُٜ ‫خٍس‬٣ِ‫ كؤض ر‬.‫خ‬ُٜ ٝ‫زي‬٣ ‫يح ًٔخ‬٤‫ْ ؿ‬٤ُ ‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٢‫ػغ ك‬ُٞ‫خ رؤٕ ح‬َٛ‫حألهَ حهز‬
‫خ هي طِوض‬ٜٗ‫ أ‬٢ُ ‫ ػْ هخُض‬.‫س‬ٜٞ‫ رؼغ حُو‬٢ُ ‫ح‬َٝ‫لؼ‬٣ ٕ‫خ أ‬ٜٓ‫ؽِزض ٖٓ هي‬ٝ ،ّٞ٤ُ‫الكن ٖٓ ًُي ح‬
‫ (أٗخ ال‬:٢ُ ‫هخُض‬ٝ .َٟ‫ حَُٓخُش حأله‬٢ُ ‫٘ض‬٤‫ ػْ ر‬.‫خٍس ُٗيح‬٣ُِ ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫يػ‬٣ ،ٌَ٣‫ٔخ ٖٓ ٓخ‬ٛ‫ حكي‬.ٖ٤‫ٍٓخُظ‬
‫خ‬ٜٗ‫رخٕ أل‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗٞ‫خ حٗط‬ٜٗ‫ ا‬:‫ٍ ٖٓ طخكذ حَُٓخُش‬ٞ‫ حُل‬٠ِ‫ حَُٓخُش" ػِٔض ػ‬ٌٙٛ ‫أػَف ٖٓ طخكذ‬
‫ي ٓ٘ي‬٣ٍ‫ٌُٖ أٗخ ال أ‬ٝ ، ٢٘٘٤‫ ال طؼَك‬٢‫ "أٗظ‬:‫خ‬ٜ‫ ٍٓخُظ‬٢‫ٍ ك‬ٞ‫طو‬ٝ .‫خ‬ٜ٘ٓ ‫خ‬ٜ‫ظ‬٤‫ طِو‬٢‫ر٘لْ هؾ حَُٓخُش حُظ‬
ٌٙٛ ٠‫ أػط‬.‫ٕ كَحٓش ٓشيىس‬ٝ‫ ٌٓخٕ ى‬١‫ أل‬٢‫ز‬ٌٛ‫ال ط‬ٝ ٚ٘ٓ ‫س‬ٞ‫ ىػ‬١‫ أ‬٢ِ‫ ال طوز‬.‫م‬ٝ‫ هزؼش حُي‬٢‫ ك‬٢‫إٔ طوؼ‬
.)‫ إ حٓظطؼض ًُي‬، ‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ "‫ْ "هخثي‬٤‫ ُػ‬٠ُ‫حَُٓخُش ا‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 63 Mohamed Morsi

"Why does it say 'the leader' and not 'the King'?" she asked. "You must do as the
letter says," I said, not answering her question. "I'll order guards to watch you."
"Do you know who sent this?" she asked. "A friend of mine. Today you must say
you're ill so you can't go to Zenda." "So you don't mind making Michael angry?"
she asked. "I don't mind anything if you're safe," I said.

ُٚٞ‫ ًٔخ طو‬٢ِ‫ـذ إٔ طلؼ‬٣" :‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬."‫ْ 'ِٓي'؟‬٤ُٝ 'ْ٤‫ٍ 'ُػ‬ٞ‫ "ُٔخًح طو‬:‫َس‬٤ٓ‫كظٔخءُض حأل‬
‫َ طؼَف‬ٛ" :٢٘‫" كٔؤُظ‬.‫ظي‬٣‫ "ٓؤؽِذ كَحٓش ٓشيىس ُلٔخ‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬.‫خ‬ُٜ‫ ٓئح‬٠ِ‫ُْ حٍى ػ‬ٝ ،"‫حَُٓخُش‬
٢ُ‫رخُظخ‬ٝ ‫ؼش‬٣َٓ ٢ٌٗ‫ أ‬٢ُٞ‫ـذ إٔ طو‬٣ ّٞ٤ُ‫ح‬ٝ ،٢ُ ‫ن‬٣‫ "طي‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬."‫ حَُٓخُش؟‬ٌٙٛ ٍَٓ‫ أ‬١ٌُ‫ٖٓ ح‬
‫ "أٗخ‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ كوِض‬."‫ٌَ ؟‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ي ٓخٗغ ٖٓ اؿؼخد حُي‬٣‫ْ ُي‬٤ُ‫ "أ‬:٢ُ ‫ كوِض‬."‫ ُٗيح‬٠ُ‫خد ا‬ٌُٛ‫ٌٔ٘ي ح‬٣ ‫ال‬
."‫ أٓ٘ي‬٠ِ‫لخكع ػ‬٣ ‫ء‬٢‫ ش‬١‫ال أٓخٗغ أ‬
I had an idea about who would be the best guard for Princess Flavia, and I
immediately visited Marshal Strakencz, who I knew I could trust. I asked him to
guard the Princess and not to allow any of the Duke's men to visit her. I told him I
was worried about the Duke's ambitions, and he did not look surprised. "I'm leaving
Strelsau for a few days," I told him. "Every evening, I'll send you a message. If you
don't get a message for three days, you have the authority to say that you are now the
head of Strelsau. You must then ask the Duke to allow you to see the King. If he
doesn't allow you to see the King in twenty-four hours, you must say that the King's
dead. Then you must tell the people of Ruritania who their new ruler will be. You do
know who that will be?" "Princess Flavia, of course," he answered.

١ٌُ‫ ح‬،‫َ ٓظَحً٘ظش‬٤‫خٍس حُٔش‬٣ِ‫ٍ هٔض ر‬ٞ‫ حُل‬٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ ،‫خ‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ٕ أكؼَ كخٍّ ُأل‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ٖٔ٤‫كٌَص ك‬
‫م‬ٝ‫ ٖٓ ٍؿخٍ حُي‬١‫ػيّ حُٔٔخف أل‬ٝ ‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ كَحٓش حأل‬ٚ٘ٓ ‫ؽِزض‬ٝ ٚ‫ إٔ أػن ر‬٢ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ ٢٘ٗ‫ً٘ض أػَف أ‬
ٍ‫ "ٓؤؿخى‬:ُٚ ‫هِض‬ٝ .‫ٌح‬ٛ ٢ُٞ‫ش رو‬ٛ‫٘ي‬٣ ُْٝ ،‫م‬ٝ‫كخص حُي‬ٞٔ‫ هِوخ رشؤٕ ؽ‬٢٘ٗ‫ ا‬ُٚ ‫هِض‬ٝ .‫خ‬ٜ‫خٍط‬٣ِ‫ر‬
‫ ُٔيس‬٢٘ٓ ‫اًح ُْ طظِي ٍٓخُش‬ٝ ،‫ف أٍَٓ ُي ٍٓخُش‬ٞٓ ‫ًَ ٓٔخء‬ٝ ّ‫خ‬٣‫ ُزؼؼش أ‬َُٞٔ‫حُؼخطٔش ٓظ‬
‫م‬ٝ‫ي إٔ ططِذ ٖٓ حُي‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ٝ .َُٞٔ‫ْ حُؼخطٔش ٓظ‬٤‫ٕ ٍث‬٥‫ٍ أٗي ح‬ٞ‫ي حُِٔطش إٔ طو‬٣‫ ُي‬،ّ‫خ‬٣‫ػالػش أ‬
ٕ‫ي إٔ طؼِٖ أ‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ،‫ٖ ٓخػش‬٣َ‫ػش‬ٝ ‫ أٍرغ‬٢‫ٔٔق ُي رٌُي ك‬٣ ُْ ‫اًح‬ٝ ،‫ حُِٔي‬َٟ‫ٔٔق ُي إٔ ط‬٣ ٕ‫أ‬
‫ " أطؼَف‬ٚ‫ٕ" ػْ ٓؤُظ‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ٖٓ ‫ي‬٣‫ْ حُـي‬ًٜٔ‫خ ػٖ كخ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ـذ إٔ طؼِٖ ُشؼذ‬٣ ْ‫ ػ‬،‫حُِٔي هي ٓخص‬
."ٍ‫ؼش حُلخ‬٤‫ رطز‬،‫خ‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ هخثال "حأل‬٢٘‫ٕ ؟ " كؤؿخر‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ٖٓ
Questions with model Answers

1) Why did Princess Flavia advise King Rassendyll to be careful at the end
of his visit to her?
She did so because she knew that the King was in danger because Duke
Michael wanted to take the crown. Michael might try to kill the King.
2) What had Rudolf Rassendyll always wanted in life?
He had always wanted to have a quiet life.
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3) What responsibilities did Rudolf Rassendyll have as a King?
He had to meet very important people and hold important meetings. He had to
sign very important documents. He had to care about the poor people in his
country
4) Why did nobody notice that Rassendyll was not the real King?
Nobody noticed that Rassendyll wasn't the real King because he looked so like
the King, it was very easy for him to pretend to be the King.
5) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll sometimes make big mistakes as a King?
He sometimes made so because he wasn't the real King. He was just pretending
to be the King. He didn't know the rules.
6) How would Rassendyll's growing popularity with the people of
Ruritania help him?
His growing popularity would make people forgive his occasional bad
decisions.
7) When did Rudolf Rassendyll realise that Rose Rassendyll was right
when she said that a 'position in society brings with it responsibility'?
He realised she was right when he became the King of Ruritania. He realised
that he had many responsibilities as a King.
8) How did Sapt find out that the letter Rudolf Rassendyll received was
from a woman?
Sapt found out that the letter was from a woman from the writing.
9) What important news did Sapt tell Rudolf Rassendyll about the King? How
did he know such news?
He told him that the King was at the Castle of Zenda. He asked where the rest
of the Six Men were and found out that they were at the Castle guarding the
King.
10) Why was the drawbridge at the Castle nearly always kept up?
The drawbridge was nearly always kept up to prevent anyone from entering the
Castle.
11) Who were the only two people who can give permission to anyone to go
into the building?
They were Duke Michael and Rupert Hentzau.

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12) What did Sapt do to protect Rudolf Rassendyll from Michael and his
men?
He ordered six men to follow him wherever he went in the capital.
13) According to Sapt, what would happen if Rudolf Rassendyll was
killed?
The game would be over. That meant that Michael would also kill the King and
take the crown.
14) What did Antoinette de Mauban ask Rudolf Rassendyll to do in her
letter?
She asked him to come to the summer house because she wanted to tell him
something very important about his life.
15) Why didn't Colonel Sapt want Rudolf Rassendyll to go to the summer
house?
He thought that the letter Rudolf Rassendyll received from Antoinette de
Mauban was actually written by Michael and that there was a trap to kill
Rudolf Rassendyll.
16) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll insist on going to the summer house to meet
Antoinette de Mauban?
He believed that she had information about Michael. He thought that every day
they left the King imprisoned, there was more danger.
17) When did Rudolf Rassendyll object to Sapt's way of always telling him
what to do and what not to do?
When Rudolf Rassendyll received Antoinette's letter in which she asked him to
meet her at the summer house, Sapt didn't want him to go. Rudolf Rassendyll
decided to go and told Sapt that if he didn't go, he would go back to England.
18) How could Rudolf Rassendyll reach the summer house where Antoinette de
Mauban was staying?
He followed the directions given in the letter.
19) What was Duke Michael's plan to trap and kill Rudolf Rassendyll?
He ordered Antoinette de Mauban to write a letter to Rassendyll asking him to
meet her at the summer house. Michael planned to send three of his men to kill
Rassendyll there.

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20) If Michael's plan to kill Rassendyll at the summer house succeeded, what
would he do after that?
Rassendyll's body would be taken into the old town. Sapt and Fritz would be
arrested for murdering Rassendyll. Then, Michael would send a message to
Zenda and the real King would be killed too. Finally, the Duke would become
the King.
21) According to Antoinette de Mauban, why did she want to help
Rassendyll?
She said she didn't like to see people being killed.
22) If Rudolf Rassendyll was killed, who would be accused of murdering
him?
Colonel Sapt and Fritz would be accused of murdering him.
23) What was Duke Michael's men's generous offer to Rudolf Rassendyll in
order to leave Ruritania?
They offered him a safe journey to the border and fifty thousand English
pounds.
24) Why didn't Rudolf Rassendyll accept the offer made by Michael's
men?
He didn't accept the offer because he didn't trust them at all. He knew it was a
trap to kill him.
25) How did Rudolf Rassendyll manage to escape from the summer house?
He used on iron table to protect himself from the gun shots of Michael's men.
He climbed a ladder over the wall and ran out of the house. Sapt was waiting
for him. They jumped on their horses and rode back to the palace.

26) What did the report of the police chief say?

It said that Duke Michael left the capital to Zenda followed by three of his Six
Men. The report also said that people believed that if the King and Princess
Flavia didn't marry soon, it would be better if the princess married Duke
Michael.
27) Why did Detchard have a bandage around his arm?
He was shot during the fight with Rudolf Rassendyll at the summer house the
night before.

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28) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll think it wouldn't be fair for Princess
Flavia if he asked her to marry him?
He thought so because he wasn't the real King.
29) Why did everyone believe that Rudolf Rassendyll had done a very
good job as a King?
Rudolf Rassendyll managed to show the people of Strelsau that he wasn't a
distant King. He showed them that he trusted them and cared about poor
people. He rode alone through the old town.
30) What mistake did Rudolf Rassendyll make while he was talking with
Princess Flavia after the ball?
He made a mistake when he said that when he was young, he didn't need to
worry about society and that he thought that was someone else's job Flavia was
very surprised as she thought he was the real King and he should have always
known that he would become King.
31) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll want to tell Princess Flavia the truth about
himself?
Flavia was Kind and clever and she was going to marry the King. She should
know what happened to her future husband and should also know about Rudolf
Rassendyll's game.
32) What happened when Rudolf Rassendyll was about to tell Flavia the
truth about himself?
Rudolf Rassendyll heard footsteps outside the room. He saw Colonel Sapt who
appeared suddenly and told Rassendyll that someone wanted to see him.
33) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll realise that his game (pretending to be the
King) had gone too far to go back?
Rassendyll realised so because he couldn't tell anyone who he really was or
they would think he was mad. In addition, he wanted to save the King.
34) Why did Rudolf Rassendyll think that pretending to be the King was
unfair?
Rudolf Rassendyll didn't believe he was doing the right thing. He thought that
he had deceived the people of Ruritania and Princess Flavia.
35) Why did Rassendyll decide to go to Zenda?
He decided to go there to save the King.

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36) Princess Flavia received a letter from Duke Michael. What did the
Duke ask her to do?
He had invited her to visit Zenda.
37) What did Antoinette de Mauban warn Flavia not to do in her letter to
her?
She warned her not to accept any invitation from Duke Michael and not to go anywhere
without many guards.
38) Who did Rudolf Rassendyll think would be the best guard for Princess
Flavia? Why?
Marshal Strakencz would be the best guard for Princess Flavia because Rudolf
Rassendyll trusted him.
39) What did Rudolf Rassendyll ask Marshal Strakencz to do to protect
Princes Flavia?
He asked him to guard her and not to allow any of the Duke's men to visit her.
He also told him about the Duke's ambition.
40) What would Marshal Strakencz do if he didn't get a message for three
days from Rudolf Rassendyll?
Marshal Strakencz would have the authority to be the head of Strelsau.

Chapter 6
It was nearly time for us to make a move against Duke Michael. I was with
Marshal Strakencz who I had to trust to keep the future of Ruritania safe. "You
must promise that you'll protect Princess Flavia from the Duke," I told him. "As you
know, his mother was not royal and he can only legally become King if he marries
the Princess." "I promise," Marshal Strakencz said, bowing. "Now I'll write down
what I've just said. But my finger still hurts. " "Yes, sir," he said, watching me write.
"The writing's a little different from your usual. I hope people know it's a real order
from the King." "I trust you," I told him and he smiled. "The Princess will be safe
with me," he said.

١ٌُ‫ً٘ض ٓغ حُٔخٍشخٍ ٓظَحً٘ظش ح‬. ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫س ػي حُي‬ٞ‫زخ ً رخُ٘ٔزش ُ٘خ الطوخً هط‬٣َ‫هض طو‬ُٞ‫ُوي كخٕ ح‬
‫خ‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ حال‬٠ٔ‫ أٗي ٓظل‬٠ٗ‫ـذ إٔ طؼي‬٣" :ُٚ ‫ هِض‬.‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ َ‫ ٓٔظوز‬٠ِ‫ ُِللخظ ػ‬ٚ٘ٓ َ‫ُْ أؿي أكؼ‬
‫ش‬٤ٗٞٗ‫ٍس هخ‬ٞ‫ظزق ِٓي رظ‬٣ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ كوؾ أ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ح‬ٝ ‫ش‬٤ٌُِٔ‫ ٖٓ حُؼخثِش ح‬ٚ‫حُيط‬ٝ ٌٖ‫ ُْ ط‬،ِْ‫ كٌٔخ طؼ‬.‫م‬ٝ‫ٖٓ حُي‬
،ً‫ح‬ٞ‫ٕ ٓؤًظذ ٓخ هِض ط‬٥‫ "ح‬،"‫ي رٌُي‬ٜ‫ "أطؼ‬:٠٘‫٘ل‬٣ ٞٛٝ ‫" كوخٍ حُٔخٍشخٍ ٓظَحً٘ظش‬.‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ؽ حأل‬ِٝ‫اًح ط‬
‫ال‬٤ِ‫ حٌُظخرش ٓوظِلش ه‬ٌٙٛٝ ،١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ،ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬:‫ أًظذ‬٠ٗ‫ي‬ٛ‫شخ‬٣ ٞٛٝ ٍ‫ كوخ‬."٠ُ٘ٔ‫ئ‬٣ ٢‫ِحٍ اطزؼ‬٣ ‫ٌُٖ ال‬ٝ

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ْٔ‫ "أٗخ أػن ري" كخرظ‬:ُٚ ‫ هِض‬."‫ ٖٓ حُِٔي‬٠‫و‬٤‫خ أَٓ كو‬ٜٗ‫ؼَف حُ٘خّ ح‬٣ ٕ‫خَٓ أ‬ٝ ،‫ػٖ حُٔؼظخى ٓ٘ي‬
."٢‫ٕ خٓ٘ش ٓؼ‬ٌٞ‫َس ٓظ‬٤ٓ‫ "حأل‬:ً‫هخثال‬

I returned to the palace and told Sapt and Fritz to get ready to go to Zenda. There
was only one thing left for me to do before we went. I went to tell Flavia that I was
leaving Strelsau to go hunting. "So you'd prefer to hunt animals than do your duties
in the capital?" she asked quietly. "The thing I hunt is a very big animal," I
explained. "Because I'll be hunting Michael." The Princess looked very worried.
"This'll be dangerous!" she said. "If I don't come back, you must become Queen for
me." She then stood tall and said, "I don't really know what's going on, but I'll do
whatever is right for Ruritania. If that means becoming the Queen, then so be it."
"Thank you," I said. "Let us hope that it's not necessary." I knew, however, that this
was more than possible.

‫حكي‬ٝ ‫ء‬٢‫ ش‬ٟٞٓ ‫٘خى‬ٛ ٌٖ٣ ُْ ،‫ ُٗيح‬٠ُ‫خد ا‬ٌُِٛ ‫ح‬ٝ‫ٔظؼي‬٣ ٕ‫ٓخرض ح‬ٝ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫حهزَص ك‬ٝ َ‫ حُوظ‬٠ُ‫ػيص ا‬
:‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ ر‬٠٘‫ ٓؤُظ‬.‫ي‬٤‫خد ُِظ‬ٌُِٛ َُٞٔ‫ ٓؤطَى ٓظ‬٠٘ٗ‫خ ح‬٤‫زض ألهزَ كالك‬ًٛ ،‫ز٘خ‬ًٛ َ‫ هز‬ٚ‫خّ ر‬٤‫ حُو‬٢ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣
ٌُٟ‫ء ح‬٢‫ "حُش‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ حُؼخطٔش؟" كشَكض‬٢‫حؿزخطي ك‬ٞ‫ّ ر‬ٞ‫ حٕ طو‬٠ِ‫حٗخص ػ‬ٞ٤‫"ٌُُي طلؼَ إٔ طظطخى حُل‬
‫ف‬ٞٓ" :‫هخُض‬ٝ ‫ش‬٣‫َس هِوش ُِـخ‬٤ٓ‫ ريص حأل‬."ٌَ٣‫ف أططخى ٓخ‬ٞٓ ٢ٗ‫ أل‬،‫َ ؿيح‬٤‫حٕ ًز‬ٞ٤‫ ك‬ٞٛ ٙ‫ٓؤططخى‬
‫ "أٗخ ال أػَف‬:‫هخُض‬ٝ .. ‫هلض‬ٝ ْ‫" ػ‬.٠ٗ‫ ٌِٓش ٌٓخ‬٠‫ـذ إٔ طظزل‬٣ ،‫ى‬ٞ‫َ!" "إ ُْ أػ‬٤‫ٌح هط‬ٛ ٌٕٞ٣
،‫ إٔ أطزق ٌِٓش‬٢٘‫ؼ‬٣ ‫ كبًح ًخٕ ًُي‬،‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ طخُق‬٠‫ ك‬ٞٛ ‫ ٓؤكؼَ ًَ ٓخ‬٠ٌُ٘ٝ ،١َ‫ـ‬٣ ‫كوخ ٓخ‬
ٕ‫ٌح ًخ‬ٛ ٕ‫ أ‬،‫ ٓغ ًُي‬،‫ ً٘ض أػَف‬."‫خ‬٣ٍَٝ‫ْ ػ‬٤ُ ‫٘خ ٗؤَٓ إٔ ًُي‬٤‫ًٖ ىػ‬ٝ ‫ "شٌَح ُي‬:‫ هِض‬."ٌٖ٤ِ‫ك‬
.ٌٖٔٓ ٖٓ َ‫أًؼ‬
About eight kilometres from Zenda, on the opposite side of the town to where the
castle stands, there is a leafy wood on a low hill. On top of the hill is a large, modem
country house called Tarlenheim which belongs to a relative of Fritz. He does not
often visit the house, so when Fritz asked if we could use it for a hunting trip, he
happily agreed.

،‫غ طوغ حُوِؼش‬٤‫ ك‬٠ُ‫٘ش ا‬٣‫هَ ٖٓ حُٔي‬٥‫ حُـخٗذ ح‬٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ ،‫ٓظَحص ٖٓ ُٗيح‬ِٞ٤ً ‫ش‬٤ٗ‫ ػٔخ‬٢ُ‫ح‬ٞ‫ رؼي ك‬٠ِ‫ػ‬
ٝ ْ٤ٜ٘٤ٍُ‫ طخ‬٠ٔٔ٣ َ٤‫ًز‬ٝ ‫غ‬٣‫ كي‬٠‫ل‬٣ٍ ‫ض‬٤‫ؿي ر‬ٞ٣ َ‫ هٔش حُظ‬٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ. ‫ طَ ٓ٘ولغ‬٠ِ‫ٍهش ػ‬ٞٓ ‫٘خى ؿخرش‬ٛ
ِٚ‫ ػ٘يٓخ ٓج‬ٚٗ‫ ح‬٠‫ كظ‬، ٕ‫خ‬٤‫َ ٖٓ حألك‬٤‫ ًؼ‬٢‫ٍ حُزض ك‬ِٝ٣ ‫ ًخٕ ال‬ٌُٟ‫ح‬ٝ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ أكي أهخٍد ك‬٠ُ‫ ا‬٢ٔ‫٘ظ‬٣ ١ٌُ‫ح‬
.‫ٕ طَىى‬ٝ‫حكن ى‬ٝ ،‫ي‬٤‫ َُكِش ط‬ٚٓ‫ٌٔ٘٘خ حٓظويح‬٣ ٕ‫ظِ ػٔخ حًح ًخ‬٣َ‫ك‬
So the next day, Sapt, Fritz and I set off from the capital and arrived at the
country house at about midday, with a large party of servants and ten brave and
strong gentlemen that I trusted. We had told these men that Michael had tried to kill
me and that a good friend of the King's was held prisoner in the castle. They knew it
was our job to set him free, and being brave and loyal, they did not need to ask any
more questions. However, it did not take long for Duke Michael to hear about our
arrival, and after only an hour, we were visited by three of his famous Six Men: the

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Ruritanians Lauengram, Krafstein and Rupert Hentzau. I am sure they knew that
we were not really there to hunt animals but had a much bigger plan.

ٞ‫ ٗل‬٢‫ل‬٣َُ‫ حٍُِٔ٘ ح‬٠ُ‫طِ٘خ ا‬ٝٝ ‫ظِ ٖٓ حُؼخطٔش‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ٓخرض‬ٝ ٕ‫ أٗطِو٘خ ح‬،٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ ك‬،‫ٌُُي‬
‫ٖ أػن‬٣ٌُ‫خء ح‬٣ٞ‫حاله‬ٝ ٕ‫ػشَس ٖٓ حَُؿخٍ حُشـؼخ‬ٝ ّ‫َس ٖٓ حُوي‬٤‫ػش ًز‬ٞٔ‫ًخٕ ٓؼ٘خ ٓـ‬ٝ ،ٍ‫خ‬ُٜ٘‫ٓ٘ظظق ح‬
،‫ حُوِؼش‬٢‫ ك‬ٚ٘‫ن ٓوَد ٖٓ حُِٔي طْ ٓـ‬٣‫إٔ طي‬ٝ ٢ِ‫ٍ هظ‬ٝ‫ٌَ كخ‬٣‫ئالء حَُؿخٍ إٔ ٓخ‬ٛ ‫هي أهزَٗخ‬ٝ ،ْٜ‫ر‬
.َ‫ ؽَف أٓجِش أًؼ‬٠ُ‫ح ا‬ٞ‫ِـج‬٣ ِْ‫ٖ ك‬٤‫ٓوِظ‬ٝ ٕ‫ْ شـؼخ‬ٜٗ‫أل‬ٝ ،ٚ‫ حؽالم َٓحك‬٠ٛ ‫ٔظ٘خ‬ٜٓ ٕ‫ػِْ حَُؿخٍ ح‬ٝ
‫خٍط٘خ ػالػش‬٣ِ‫هخّ ر‬ٝ ،‫رؼي ٓخػش كوؾ‬ٝ ،‫ُ٘خ‬ٞ‫ط‬ٝ ٖ‫ٌَ ػ‬٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫ ٓٔغ حُي‬٠‫ال كظ‬٣ٞ‫هظخ ؽ‬ٝ َٔ٣ ُْ ،‫ٓغ ًُي‬ٝ
ً ‫حػوخ‬ٝ ‫ً٘ض‬ٝ ،ِٝ‫٘ظ‬ٛ ‫رَص‬ٍٝٝ ٖ٤‫ًَحكٔظ‬ٝ ّ‫٘ـَح‬٣ُٞ :ٖ٤٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍَُٝ‫ْ ح‬ٛٝ ٍٕٜٝٞ‫ حُٔظش حُٔش‬ُٚ‫ٖٓ ٍؿخ‬
.َ٤‫٘خ هطش أًزَ ٖٓ ًُي رٌؼ‬٣‫ٌُٖ ُي‬ٝ ‫حٗخص‬ٞ٤‫خى حُل‬٤‫٘خى كوخ الطط‬ٛ ٌٖٗ ُْ ‫ٕ أٗ٘خ‬ٞ‫ؼَك‬٣ ْٜٗ‫ٖٓ أ‬
The youngest and strongest of the three, Rupert Hentzau, told us how sorry
the Duke was that we could not stay in his mansion, but unfortunately the Duke and
many of his servants had a dangerous illness, so it was best if we stayed away. His
speech was formal and polite, but I did not believe a word he said. "I'm sorry to hear
this," I said to them. "I hope my brother feels better soon. And what of your friends
De Gautet, Bersonin and Detchard? I heard that Detchard was injured?" Rupert
smiled at me and said, "You needn't worry, Detchard will be fine." "Good. Perhaps
you would like to stay and eat with us?" I said. "You're very kind," said Rupert,
"but unfortunately we have important duties and need to get back to at the castle."
"Of course you do," I laughed. "Thank you for coming. I look forward to seeing you
all again." When they had gone, Sapt said, "That Rupert's the worst criminal of
them all!"
٢‫م ٓٔظخءح ً أٗ٘خ ُْ ٗٔظطغ حالهخٓش ك‬ٝ‫ق ًخٕ حُي‬٤ً ،ِٝ‫٘ظ‬ٛ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ، ْٛ‫ح‬ٞ‫أه‬ٝ ‫حهزَٗخ أطـَ حُؼالػش‬
‫٘خ‬٤‫ رو‬ُٞ َ‫ ٌُُي ًخٕ أكؼ‬،َ٤‫ح رَٔع هط‬ٞ‫ز‬٤‫ أط‬ٚٓ‫ي ٖٓ هي‬٣‫حُؼي‬ٝ ‫م‬ٝ‫ء حُلع كخُي‬ُٞٔ ٌُٖٝ ،َٙ‫هظ‬
،‫ٌح‬ٛ ‫ "أٗخ خٓق ُٔٔخع‬:ُٚ ‫ هِض‬.ٍ‫ ًِٔش ٓٔخ هخ‬ٟ‫ ُْ أطيم أ‬٠ٌُ٘ٝ ،ً‫ٌرخ‬ٜٓٝ ً ‫خ‬٤ٍٔٓ ٚ‫ ًخٕ هطخر‬.‫يح‬٤‫رؼ‬
‫ طشخٍى‬ٟ‫ى‬ٝ ‫ض‬٤‫ط‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬ٟ‫ ى‬: ‫ٌُٖ ٓخًح ػٖ حطيهخثي‬ٝ .‫ذ‬٣َ‫هض ه‬ٝ ٢‫ أكؼَ ك‬ٞ‫ ٗل‬٠ِ‫شؼَ ػ‬٣ ٢‫خَٓ إٔ أه‬
‫ف‬ٞٓ ،‫ ُِوِن‬٢‫ "ال ىحػ‬:ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ،٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٢‫رَص ك‬ٍٝ ْٔ‫ذ؟" حرظ‬٤‫ طشخٍى أط‬ٟ‫ٖ؟ ٓٔؼض إٔ ى‬٤َٗٞٓ٤‫ر‬ٝ
ٍ‫ٍ حُطؼخّ ٓؼ٘خ؟" كوخ‬ٝ‫ط٘خ‬ٝ ‫ حُزوخء‬٢‫ ٍرٔخ ً٘ض طَؿذ ك‬،‫ي‬٤‫ "ؿ‬:‫" كوِض‬.ّ‫َح‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ طشخٍى ػ‬ٟ‫ٕ ى‬ٌٞ٣
‫ كؼلٌض‬."‫ حُوِؼش‬٠ُ‫ى ح‬ٞ‫ٗلظخؽ حٕ ٗؼ‬ٝ ‫ٔش‬ٜٓ ‫حؿزخص‬ٝ ‫٘خ‬٣‫ٌُٖ ُألٓق ُي‬ٝ ،‫ن ؿيح‬٤‫ "أٗض ٍه‬:‫رَص‬ٍٝ
ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ".َٟ‫ؼخ ً َٓس أه‬٤ٔ‫ظٌْ ؿ‬٣‫ ٍإ‬٠ُ‫أططِغ ا‬ٝ ،ًٍْٞ‫ كؼ‬٠ِ‫ شٌَح ٌُْ ػ‬،‫ "رخُطزغ ٓظلؼَ ًُي‬:‫هِض‬ٝ
!"ٖ٤َٓ‫ئالء حُٔـ‬ٛ ‫أ‬ٞٓ‫ أ‬ٞٛ ‫ٌح‬ٛ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ " :‫ح‬ٞ‫ز‬ًٛ ‫ٓخرض ػ٘يٓخ‬
That evening, I set off for Zenda with Fritz. Our journey, we knew, could be a
dangerous one, but my face was covered and we felt safe because there were many
people on the roads. We did not go near the castle, however, but went to the inn
where I had stayed on my first night in Ruritania. "I've been here before," I told
Fritz. "Won't they recognise you, then?" he said. "Of course. Just do as I say and
everything will be fine."

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 71 Mohamed Morsi

 ،‫َس‬٤‫ٕ هط‬ٌٞ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ ط‬٣ ،‫ ًٔخ ٗؼَف‬،‫ًخٗض ٍكِظ٘خ‬ٝ . ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ُٗيح ٓغ ك‬٠ُ‫ أٗطِوض ح‬،‫ ًُي حُٔٔخء‬٢‫ك‬
ُْ ٖ‫ٌح ٗل‬ٛ ‫ٓغ‬ٝ ،‫ حُطَهخص‬٠‫ح ك‬ٞٗ‫َ ٖٓ حُ٘خّ ًخ‬٤‫شؼَٗخ رخألٓخٕ ألٕ حٌُؼ‬ٝ ٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ‫ش‬٤‫ هٔض رظـط‬٠ٌُ٘ٝ
٠‫ ك‬٠ُٝ‫ حال‬٠‫ِظ‬٤ُ ‫ض‬٤‫غ ً٘ض هي هؼ‬٤‫ ك‬٠‫ل‬٣َُ‫ حُل٘يم ح‬٠ُ‫ز٘خ ا‬ًٛ ٌُٖٝ ،‫ذ رخُوَد ٖٓ حُوِؼش‬ٌٛٗ
‫ كوؾ‬،‫ "رخُطزغ‬:‫ي؟" كوِض‬٤ِ‫ح ػ‬ٞ‫ظؼَك‬٣ ُٖ‫ "أ‬:ٍ‫٘خ ٖٓ هزَ" كوخ‬ٛ ‫ "ُوي ً٘ض‬:ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ هِض ُل‬.‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ
."ّ‫َح‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٠ِ‫ٕ ػ‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ‫ء‬٢‫ًَ ش‬ٝ ‫ٍ ُي‬ٞ‫حكؼَ ًٔخ أه‬

I kept the coat over my face as we entered the inn and we asked to have a meal in a
quiet room at the back. When the owner's daughter brought us our food, I uncovered
my face so she could see me. "You're the King!" she cried, almost dropping our
plates. "I remember you when you stayed with us. I told my mother you weren't
really an Englishman and that you were the King! I'm sorry if we said anything bad
when you stayed with us." "I'll forgive you if you promise to help us," I said. I
explained that I wanted to see Johann. "He never comes here anymore," she
explained. "He works at the castle now." "But you're still friends and you must ask
to see him," I told her. "Tell him to meet you tomorrow night at ten o'clock, then
bring him to our house. And tell no one that you've seen the King. Do you
understand?" "You won't hurt him, will you, sir?" "Not if he does as we ask," I
promised.

‫ ػ٘يٓخ ؿخءص‬،‫ حُوِق‬٢‫خىثش ك‬ٛ ‫ ؿَكش‬٢‫ؿزش ك‬ٝ ٍٝ‫ؽِز٘خ ط٘خ‬ٝ ٍُُِ٘‫ ػ٘يٓخ ىهِ٘خ ح‬٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ ػ‬٠‫ًخٕ ٓؼطل‬
‫زخ‬٣َ‫ طو‬ٝ ،"!‫ "أٗض حُِٔي‬:‫ كظَهض‬.٢‫ظ‬٣‫ طظٌٖٔ ٖٓ ٍإ‬٠‫ كظ‬٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ‫حر٘ش طخكزش حٍُُِ٘ رطؼخٓ٘خ ًشلض‬
‫حٗي ً٘ض‬ٝ ١ِ٤ِ‫ أٗي ُْ طٌٖ كوخ ٍؿَ اٗـ‬٢ٓ‫ هِض أل‬.‫ض ٓؼ٘خ‬٤‫" أطًٌَ ػ٘يٓخ رو‬:‫هخُض‬ٝ ،‫حٓوطض حالؽزخم‬
ٕ‫ص أ‬ِ ‫ػي‬ٝ ‫ف أؿلَ ُي اًح‬ٞٓ" :‫" كوِض‬.‫ض ٓؼ٘خ‬٤‫ت ػ٘يٓخ رو‬٤ٓ ‫ء‬٢‫ ش‬١‫ِٓي! أٗخ خٓلش اًح هِ٘خ أ‬
َٔ‫ؼ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ ح‬،‫٘خ‬ٛ ٠ُ‫ أريح ح‬٢‫ؤط‬٣ ‫ؼي‬٣ ُْ ٚٗ‫ "ا‬:‫ػلض‬ٝ‫ كؤ‬.ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫ ؿ‬ٍٟ‫ي إٔ أ‬٣ٍ‫ أ‬٠٘ٗ‫ػلض أ‬ٝ‫أ‬ٝ. "‫٘خ‬٣‫طٔخػي‬
‫ ُِوخثي‬٠‫ؤط‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ُٚ ٍٞ‫ ه‬،ٚ‫ظ‬٣‫ ٍإ‬٠‫ي إٔ ططِز‬٤ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ٝ ‫ "ٌٌُْ٘ ٓخ ُُظْ أطيهخء‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ هِض‬."ٕ٥‫ حُوِؼش ح‬٢‫ك‬
ِ ٣‫ أكيحً أٗي هي ٍأ‬َٟ‫ال طوز‬ٝ ،‫ ُِٓ٘٘خ‬٠ُ‫ ح‬ٚ٣َ‫ ػْ أكؼ‬،‫ حُٔخػش حُؼخشَس‬٢‫ِش حُـي ك‬٤ُ
َٛ ،‫ض حُِٔي‬
."ٚ‫ "ُٖ أكؼَ ًُي حًح كؼَ ٓخ أؽِز‬:‫خ‬ٜ‫ػيط‬ٞ‫؟" ك‬١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ‫ْ ًٌُي‬٤ُ‫ أ‬،َٙ‫ٖ؟" "أٗض ُٖ طؼ‬٤ٜٔ‫طل‬
agreed happily, and after our meal we returned to Tarlenheim late that night. As we
got off our horses, Sapt ran out of the house and cried, "So you're safe!" "We're fine.
Why shouldn't we be?" "It seems that it's dangerous to ride in this area unless you're
in a large group. One of our men, Bernenstein, went out alone in the woods today. He
saw three men in the trees and one shot him. He's upstairs in bed with a bullet in his
arm. The next bullet could be for you."
‫ػ٘يٓخ ً٘خ‬ٝ .‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫هض ٓظؤهَ ٖٓ طِي ح‬ٝ ٠‫ْ ك‬٤ٜ٘٤ٍُ‫ طخ‬٠ُ‫ؿزظ٘خ ػيٗخ ا‬ٝ ‫رؼي‬ٝ ،‫يس‬٤‫ ٓؼ‬٠ٛٝ ‫حكوض‬ٝ ‫ُوي‬
،َ٤‫ "ٗلٖ رو‬:‫ أٓخٕ!" كوِض‬٠‫ "اًحً أٗظْ ك‬:‫طخف‬ٝ ٍُِ٘ٔ‫ هَؽ ٓخرض َٓٔػخ ً ٖٓ ح‬،‫ُ٘خ‬ٞ٤‫ ه‬٠ِ‫ٍِٗ٘ ٖٓ ػ‬
‫ػش‬ٞٔ‫ ٓـ‬٢‫َ اال اًح ً٘ض ك‬٤‫ٌح حُٔ٘طوش أَٓ هط‬ٛ ٢‫َ ك‬٤‫د حُو‬ًٍٞ ٕ‫ أ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣" :ٍ‫ٕ؟" كوخ‬ٌٞٗ ‫كِٔخًح ال‬
ٍ‫ٖ حألشـخ‬٤‫ ػالػش ٍؿخٍ ر‬ٟ‫ٍأ‬ٝ ،ّٞ٤ُ‫ حُـخرش ح‬٢‫ ك‬ٙ‫كي‬ٝ ،ٖ٤‫َٗ٘ٔظ‬٤‫ ر‬ٞٛٝ ،‫ذ حكي ٍؿخُ٘خ‬ًٛ ‫ كوي‬.‫َس‬٤‫ًز‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 72 Mohamed Morsi

‫ حَُطخطش‬.ٚ‫ ًٍحػ‬٢‫ ك‬١ٍ‫خٍ ٗخ‬٤‫٘خى ػ‬ٛٝ َ٣َُٔ‫ ح‬٢‫ ك‬١ِٞ‫ رخُطخرن حُؼ‬ٚٗ‫ ح‬.ٍ‫ حُ٘خ‬ٚ٤ِ‫ْ أؽِن ػ‬ٛ‫حكي‬ٝ
".‫ٕ ُي‬ٌٞ‫حُوخىٓش هي ط‬
We thought that we would be safe in the country house, but I was wrong. The next
day, I was resting in the living room when Rupert visited the house alone. "I have a
message for you, Rassendyll," he said. "If you do not know how to address the King,
my brother must find another messenger," I replied coldly. "Why do you continue to
pretend?" he laughed. "We all know who you are." "But you can't say that in public,
can you? Because then people would know you've kidnapped the real King. You
know the game's not finished yet, and until it is, I will choose my own name," I said.
"So, what is your message?" "The Duke offers you more than I would. He offers you
a safe journey to the border and a million gold pieces." "Tell the Duke that I refuse
his generous offer. How's his prisoner, by the way?" "He's still alive," said Rupert.
"Good, now go from here, while you can," I said.

‫ ً٘ض‬،٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ كل‬،‫ هطؤ‬٠ِ‫ٌُٖ ً٘ض ػ‬ٝ ،٢‫ل‬٣َُ‫ حٍُِٔ٘ ح‬٢‫ ٓؤٖٓ ك‬٢‫ٕ ك‬ٌٞ٘ٓ ‫ً٘خ ٗظٖ أٗ٘خ‬
"ٍ‫خ ٍحٓ٘ي‬٣ ،‫ ٍٓخُش ُي‬١‫ "ُي‬:ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ .ٙ‫كي‬ٝ ٍُِ٘ٔ‫رَص ح‬ٍٝ ٍ‫شش ػ٘يٓخ ُح‬٤‫ ؿَكش حُٔؼ‬٢‫ق ك‬٣َ‫أٓظ‬
‫ ًال خهَ" كؼلي‬ٍٞٓ ‫ـي‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬٢‫ أه‬٠ِ‫ش حُظؼخَٓ ٓغ حُِٔي كؼ‬٤‫ل‬٤ً ‫ "اًح ً٘ض ال طؼَف‬:‫ى‬َٝ‫كؤؿزض رز‬
‫ٌح‬ٛ ٍٞ‫ٌٖٔ حٕ طو‬٣ ‫ "ٌُٖ ال‬:‫ كوِض‬."‫ؼخ ٖٓ أٗض‬٤ٔ‫ٗلٖ ٗؼِْ ؿ‬ٝ ‫َ؟‬ٛ‫ حُظظخ‬٢‫ "ُٔخًح حالٓظَٔحٍ ك‬:ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ
‫ أٗض طؼَف‬،٢‫و‬٤‫ف طؼَف ػ٘ي ًُي حٌْٗ هي حهظطلظْ حُِٔي حُلو‬ٞٓ ّ‫ْ ًٌُي؟ ألٕ حُ٘خ‬٤ُ‫ أ‬،‫ حُٔأل‬٠ِ‫ػ‬
‫ويّ ُي‬٣ ‫م‬ٝ‫ ٍٓخُظٌْ؟" "حُي‬٢ٛ ‫ ٓخ‬،ٌُٖٝ ،٠ٔٓ‫ف طوظخٍ ح‬ٞٓ ‫ظْ ًُي‬٣ ٠‫كظ‬ٝ ،‫ رؼي‬ٚ‫حٕ حُِؼزش ُْ ط٘ظ‬
٠٘ٗ‫م أ‬ٝ‫ "هَ ُِي‬."‫ذ‬ٌُٛ‫ٕ هطؼش ٖٓ ح‬ٞ٤ِٓ ٝ ‫ى‬ٝ‫ حُلي‬٠ُ‫ي ٍكِش خٓ٘ش ح‬٤ِ‫ؼَع ػ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ ح‬،‫هغ‬ٞ‫أًؼَ ٓٔخ حط‬
،ُ‫ "ٓٔظخ‬:‫" كوِض‬.ً‫خ‬٤‫ "ٓخُحٍ ك‬:‫رَص‬ٍٝ ٍ‫ رخُٔ٘خٓزش؟" كوخ‬،ٚ٘٤‫ق كخٍ ٓـ‬٤ً .٢‫ حُٔو‬ٚ‫أٍكغ ػَػ‬
".‫ؼٔخ حٓظطؼض‬٤‫٘خ ك‬ٛ ٖٓ ‫ذ‬ًٛ‫ٕ أ‬٥‫ح‬

Rupert gave me a cold look and asked his servant to prepare his horse. I followed
him out of the house, and just as he was about to climb on his horse, he stopped and
said, "Let's shake hands." He stepped nearer to me and suddenly stabbed me in the
shoulder with his knife. I cried out, but Rupert rode off fast before I could do
anything.

ٕ‫٘ٔخ ًخ‬٤‫ر‬ٝ ،ٍُِ٘ٔ‫ هخٍؽ ح‬٠ُ‫ ح‬ٚ‫ حططلزظ‬،ٚٗ‫ؼي كظخ‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ٚٓ‫ؽِذ ٖٓ هخى‬ٝ ‫ ٗظَس رخٍىس‬٢ُ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ َ‫ٗظ‬
٠‫ ًظل‬٢‫ ك‬٠٘٘‫كـؤس ؽؼ‬ٝ ٠‫ظ‬٤‫ ٗخك‬٠‫ "ىػ٘خ ٗظظخكق" هط‬:ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ،‫هق‬ٞ‫ ط‬،ٚٗ‫ كظخ‬٠ِ‫ى ػ‬ٞ‫شي حُظؼ‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ػ‬
.‫ء‬٢‫ ش‬١‫َد رَٔػش هزَ إٔ أطٌٖٔ ٖٓ كؼَ أ‬ٛ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ٌُٖٝ ،‫ طَهض‬،ٖ٤ٌٔ‫ر‬
Although my shoulder hurt, I was lucky it was not a bad injury, though I was
angry at letting myself fall for such a trick. I was put to bed and told to sleep, which I
did for several hours. When I woke up, it was dark and I found Fritz beside me.
"The doctor says your arm will soon be better," he said. "And the good news is that
your plan has worked, for the girl's brought Johann to the house. He's downstairs
right now, and the strange thing is that I think Johann's happy to be here," said
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 73 Mohamed Morsi
Fritz. "He seems to know that if Michael's plan is successful, he'll be in trouble
because he knows too much."

‫ ً٘ض ؿخػزخ‬٠ٌُ٘٘ٝ ،‫جش‬٤ٓ ‫خ ُْ طٌٖ اطخرش‬ٜٗ‫ظخ أ‬ٞ‫ ً٘ض ٓلظ‬،٠ُ٘ٔ‫ئ‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬٢‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ إٔ ًظل‬٠ِ‫ػ‬
‫ ٓخ هٔض‬ٞٛٝ ،ّ‫ حٕ حٗخ‬٠٘ٓ ‫ح‬ٞ‫ؽِز‬ٝ َ٣َُٔ‫ ح‬٠ُ‫ ُكِٔض ح‬.َ٤‫ٌح حُوز‬ٛ ٖٓ ‫ هيػش‬٠‫ أٓوؾ ك‬٢ٔ‫ طًَض ٗل‬٠٘ٗ‫ح‬
ٕ‫ذ ح‬٤‫ٍ حُطز‬ٞ‫و‬٣" :ٍ‫ كوخ‬.٢‫ظِ رـخٗز‬٣َ‫ؿيص ك‬ٝٝ ً ‫ ًخٕ حٌُٔخٕ ٓظِٔخ‬،‫وظض‬٤‫ػ٘يٓخ حٓظ‬ٝ .‫ ُؼيس ٓخػخص‬ٚ‫ر‬
٠ُ‫خٕ ح‬ٛٞ‫ كخُلظخس هي ؿِزض ؿ‬،َٔ‫ إٔ هطظي ريأص طؼ‬ٞٛ ٍ‫حُوزَ حُٔخ‬ٝ ،‫زخ‬٣َ‫ظزق أكؼَ ه‬٤ٓ ‫ًٍحػي‬
ٙ‫ى‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ُٞ ‫ي‬٤‫خٕ ٓؼ‬ٛٞ‫ أػظوي حٕ ؿ‬٠٘ٗ‫ حألَٓ أ‬٢‫ذ ك‬٣َ‫حُـ‬ٝ ،٢ُ‫هض حُلخ‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٢‫ ك‬٢ِ‫ رخُطخرن حُٔل‬ٚٗ‫ ح‬.ٍُِ٘ٔ‫ح‬
ٖٓ َ‫خء أًؼ‬٤‫ؼَف أش‬٣ ٚٗ‫ ٓؤُم أل‬٢‫ ك‬ٞٛ ٌٕٞ٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ،ٌَ٣‫ حًح ٗـلض هطش ٓخ‬ٚٗ‫ؼِْ ح‬٣ ٚٗ‫ ح‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ ،‫٘خ‬ٛ
".ُّ‫حُال‬
This made me think that Johann would be more useful to us than I had first thought.
Surely with the right encouragement, he would make the perfect spy for us? I went
downstairs and asked to see Johann. The guards had brought him in with his hands
tied behind his back. I sat him down in a chair, where he sat looking sad and afraid.
As we talked to him, we understood that Johann was a weak man but not a wicked
one. He said he worked for Michael because he was afraid of him not because he
liked him, and he seemed happy to tell me Michael's secrets.

‫ي ٓغ‬٤ً‫رخُظؤ‬ٝ .‫ش‬٣‫ حُزيح‬٢‫ٕ أًؼَ كخثيس رخُ٘ٔزش ُ٘خ ٓٔخ ً٘ض أػظوي ك‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫ٌح أػظوي إٔ ؿ‬ٛ ٢ِ٘‫ؿؼ‬
ٍٟ‫ؽِزض إٔ أ‬ٝ ٢ِ‫زض ُِطخرن حُٔل‬ًٛ ‫ رخُ٘ٔزش ُ٘خ؟‬٢ُ‫ّ حُٔؼخ‬ٞٓ‫ٕ حُـخ‬ٌٞ٤ٓ ،‫ذ حُٔ٘خٓذ‬٤‫حُظَؿ‬
ٝ‫زي‬٣ ٞٛٝ ِْ‫غ ؿ‬٤‫ ك‬،٢ًَٓ ٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٚ‫ أؿِٔظ‬.َٜٙ‫ ٌٓزِظخٕ هِق ظ‬ٙ‫يح‬٣ٝ ٚ‫ح ر‬ٞ‫ًخٕ حُلَحّ أط‬ٝ .ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫ؿ‬
.ً‫َح‬٣َ‫ْ ش‬٤ُ ٌُٚ٘ٝ ‫لخ‬٤‫خٕ ًخٕ ٍؿال ػؼ‬ٛٞ‫ٔ٘خ إٔ ؿ‬ٜ‫ ك‬،ٚ٤ُ‫ػ٘يٓخ طليػ٘خ ا‬ٝ .‫ف‬ٞ‫حُو‬ٝ ِٕ‫ حُل‬ٚ٤ِ‫ػ‬
.ٌَ٣‫ أَٓحٍ ٓخ‬٠َٗ‫وز‬٣ ٞٛٝ ‫يح‬٤‫ريح ٓؼ‬ٝ ،ٚ‫لز‬٣ ٚٗ‫ْ أل‬٤ُ ٚ‫وخك‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ٚٗ‫ٌَ أل‬٣‫ؼَٔ ُٔخ‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ٚٗ‫هخٍ ح‬ٝ

He told us that there were two small rooms inside the castle, which you could
only reach by crossing the drawbridge. The rooms were cut into the rock below the
ground. One room had no windows, so it was always lit by candles. Behind it was a
second room with a small window, where the King was kept in chains. From the
window, a large stone pipe led down to the castle moat. The first room was always
guarded by three of the Six Men. They were told that, if some people attacked the
first room and it was in danger of being taken, Detchard should go into the other
room and kill the King. The body would then be put down the pipe and the weight of
his chains would keep the body under water. Calling out to the other men, Detchard
would then escape down the same pipe and swim across the moat. The other two men
would then follow him and the Duke's horses would take them to safety. So anyone
searching the castle would find nothing: just an empty room.
َٔ‫ٍ حُـ‬ٞ‫ن ػز‬٣َ‫ٔخ كوؾ ػٖ ؽ‬ِٜ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ طظ‬٣ ٢‫حُظ‬ٝ ،‫ٖ ىحهَ حُوِؼش‬٤‫َط‬٤‫ٖ طـ‬٤‫٘خى ؿَكظ‬ٛ ٕ‫هخٍ ُ٘خ ح‬
‫ ٌُُي ًخٗض‬،ٌ‫حك‬ٞٗ ‫خ‬ُٜ ْ٤ُ ‫ٔخ‬ٜ٘ٓ ‫حكيس‬ٝ .‫ حُظوَ طلض حألٍع‬٢‫طش ك‬ٞ‫ ؿَف ٓ٘ل‬٠ٛٝ .‫حُٔظلَى‬
‫ٕ رخُِٔي‬ٞ‫لظلظ‬٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫غ ًخ‬٤‫ ك‬،‫َس‬٤‫ش ر٘خكٌس طـ‬٤ٗ‫٘خى ؿَكش ػخ‬ٛ ٕ‫خ ًخ‬ٜ‫هِل‬ٝ .‫ع‬ٞٔ‫ٓؼخءس ىحثٔخ رخُش‬
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‫ ًخٗض‬.‫ ه٘يم حُوِؼش‬٠ُ‫ ح‬ٟ‫َس ٖٓ حُلـخٍس طئى‬٤‫ٍس ًز‬ٞٓ‫٘خى ٓخ‬ٛ ٕ‫ٖٓ حُ٘خكٌس ًخ‬ٝ .َٓ‫ ٓال‬٢‫يح ً ك‬٤‫ٓو‬
‫خؿْ رؼغ حُ٘خّ حُـَكش‬ٛ ‫ اًح‬ٚٗ‫ْ أ‬ُٜ َ٤‫ ه‬.‫ ىحثٔخ طوؼغ ُلَحٓش ػالػش ٖٓ حَُؿخٍ حُٔظش‬٠ُٝ‫حُـَكش حأل‬
َ‫وظ‬٣ٝ َٟ‫ حُـَكش حأله‬٠ُ‫ طشخٍى ح‬ٟ‫ذ ى‬ٌٛ٣ ٕ‫ـذ ح‬٣ ،‫خ‬ٜ٤ِ‫الء ػ‬٤‫ظْ حالٓظ‬٣ ٕ‫٘خى هطَ ح‬ٛ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ٠ُٝ‫حأل‬
ْ‫ ػ‬.‫ حُـْٔ طلض حُٔخء‬٠‫ُزو‬٤ٓ ٍ‫ػوَ حألؿال‬ٝ ‫ٍس‬ٞٓ‫ُِ٘ن ٖٓ هالٍ حُٔخ‬٤ُ ْٔ‫ػغ حُـ‬ٞ٣ ‫رؼي ًُي‬ٝ .‫حُِٔي‬
ٚ‫ظزؼ‬٣ ْ‫ ػ‬.‫ٔزق ػزَ ٗلْ حُو٘يم‬٣ٝ ‫ٍس‬ٞٓ‫ أٓلَ حُٔخ‬٠ُ‫ طشخٍى ا‬ٟ‫َد ى‬ٜ٣ٝ ،ٍ‫ حَُؿخ‬٠‫ رخه‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٟ‫٘خى‬٣
‫ـي‬٣ ُٖ ‫ش حُوِؼش‬٤‫ّ رظلظ‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ‫ شوض‬١‫ ٌُُي كبٕ أ‬.ٕ‫ رَ حألٓخ‬٠ُ‫ْ ا‬ٌٛ‫ف طؤه‬ٞٓ ‫م‬ٝ‫ٍ حُي‬ٞ٤‫ه‬ٝ ٖ٤ِ‫حَُؿ‬
.‫ ٓـَى ؿَكش كخٍؿش‬:‫جخ‬٤‫ش‬
"What if many men attacked the castle?" I asked. "They have another plan," he
explained. "If the castle's attacked by a large group of soldiers, they would do the
same thing, but one of the Six Men would take the King's place. So when Michael
arrived at the castle, he could say that he was only keeping one of the Six Men as
prisoner because he'd been rude to Antoinette de Mauban. No one would believe that
the King was ever there." "It's a very clever plan," said Sapt angrily. "It means that
if we attack the castle quietly and secretly, or openly with a great army, the King will
still be dead before we can save him. Rassendyll, I think that this time next year,
you'll still be King."

‫ؿٔض حُوِؼش‬ٞٛ ‫ حًح‬،َٟ‫ْ هطش أه‬ٜ٣‫ "ُي‬:٠ُ ‫ي ٖٓ حَُؿخٍ حُوِؼش؟" كشَف‬٣‫خؿْ حُؼي‬ٛ ُٞ ‫ "ٓخًح‬:ٚ‫ٓؤُظ‬
َ‫ل‬٤ٓ ٍ‫حكي ٖٓ حُٔض ٍؿخ‬ٝ ٌُٖٝ ،ٚٔ‫ء ٗل‬٢‫ٕ حُش‬ِٞ‫لؼ‬٤ٓ ْٜٗ‫ كب‬،‫ى‬ٞ٘‫َس ٖٓ حُـ‬٤‫ػش ًز‬ٞٔ‫ٖٓ هزَ ٓـ‬
‫حكي ٖٓ حُٔض‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ ًخٕ كوؾ ٓظللظخ ً ػ‬ٞٛ ٚٗ‫ٍ ح‬ٞ‫و‬٤ٓ ‫ حُوِؼش‬٠ُ‫ٌَ ا‬٣‫ظَ ٓخ‬٣ ‫ٌُُي ػ٘يٓخ‬. ‫ٓلَ حُِٔي‬
ٕ‫ؼظوي إٔ حُِٔي ًخ‬٣ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ ألكي أ‬٣ ‫خ ال‬ٛ‫ ػ٘ي‬ٝ ،ٕ‫رخ‬ٞٓ ١‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫هلخ ٓغ أٗط‬ٝ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ٚٗ‫ٖ أل‬٤‫ٍؿخٍ ًٔـ‬
٠‫خؿٔ٘خ حُوِؼش ك‬ٛ ‫ اًح‬ٚٗ‫ أ‬٢٘‫ؼ‬٣ ‫ٌح‬ٛٝ ،‫ش ؿيح‬٤ًً ‫خ هطش‬ٜٗ‫ "ح‬:‫" كوخٍ ٓخرض رـؼذ‬٠‫هض ٓؼ‬ٝ ١‫٘خى أ‬ٛ
‫ أٓٔغ‬،ًٙ‫ظخ هزَ إٔ ٗظٌٖٔ ٖٓ حٗوخ‬٤ٓ ٌٕٞ٤ٓ ‫ْ كبٕ حُِٔي‬٤‫ش ػظ‬٤‫ٓؼ٘خ ؿ‬ٝ ِٖ‫ حُؼ‬٠‫ ك‬ٝ‫ أ‬،‫ش‬٣َٓٝ ‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٛ
".‫ٕ ال طِحٍ حُِٔي‬ٌٞ‫ف ط‬ٞٓ ،ّ‫هض ٖٓ حُؼخّ حُوخى‬ُٞ‫ٌح ح‬ٛ ٠‫خ ٍحٓ٘يٍ أػظوي إٔ ك‬٣

My pulse quickened at the thought of remaining King forever. But without

proving that Michael had killed the real King, the Duke would still be there, in his
castle, waiting for his opportunity to take my place. I would never be safe. "Does the
King know about Michael's plan?" I asked Johann. "Yes, and so does my brother,
Max. He helped to put up the pipe to the prison window. It's not easy to sleep at the
Castle of Zenda because no one feels safe. Everyone in it is a criminal, except the
King."

‫ٌَ ًخٕ هي‬٣‫ٕ اػزخص إٔ ٓخ‬ٝ‫ ٌُٖ ٖٓ ى‬،‫ حألري‬٠ُ‫ حُِٔي ا‬٠‫ ٓؤرو‬٠٘ٗ‫ظٔخٍع ػ٘يٓخ حكٌَ ح‬٣ ٠‫ًخٕ ٗزغ هِز‬
٠‫ٕ ك‬ًٞ‫ ُٖ أ‬،٢ٗ‫ الطوخً ٌٓخ‬ٚ‫ حٗظظخٍ كَطظ‬٢‫ ك‬،َٙ‫ هظ‬٢‫٘خى ك‬ٛ َ‫ظ‬٤ٓ ‫م‬ٝ‫ كبٕ حُي‬،٢‫و‬٤‫هظَ حُِٔي حُلو‬
ًْ‫ ٓخ‬٢‫ًٌُي أه‬ٝ ،ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬:ٍ‫ٌَ؟" كوخ‬٣‫جخ ً ػٖ هطش ٓخ‬٤‫ؼَف حُِٔي ش‬٣ َٛ" :ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫أٓخٕ أريحً" ٓؤُض ؿ‬
َ‫شؼ‬٣ ‫ ال أكي‬ٚٗ‫ هِؼش ُٗيح أل‬٢‫َ حٕ ط٘خّ ك‬ُٜٔ‫ْ ٖٓ ح‬٤ُ. ٖ‫ٍس ػ٘ي ٗخكٌس حُٔـ‬ٞٓ‫ػغ حُٔخ‬ٝ ٠‫كوي ٓخػي ك‬
".‫ رخٓظؼ٘خء حُِٔي‬،َٕٞٓ‫٘خى ٓـ‬ٛ ‫غ‬٤ٔ‫حُـ‬. ٕ‫رخألٓخ‬

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 "Thank you, Johann," I said to him. "You can go back to the castle now. If
anyone asks you if there is a prisoner in the castle, you can say there is. But if anyone
asks you who the prisoner is, do not answer. We can help you if you keep your
promises, otherwise you'll never be safe again." Johann bowed to me as he left. We
hoped he could be trusted. "So, what are we going to do now?" asked Sapt. I thought
long and hard. "There are two ways in which the King can come out of Zenda alive,"
I said. "One is if we have a miracle, and the other is if one of the Duke's men betrays
him."

ٖ٤‫٘خى ٓـ‬ٛ ٕ‫ ح‬ُٞ ‫ شوض‬١‫اًح ٓؤُي أ‬. ٕ٥‫ حُوِؼش ح‬٠ُ‫ىس ا‬ٞ‫ٌٔ٘ي حُؼ‬٣ ،ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫خ ؿ‬٣ ،‫ "شٌَح ُي‬:ُٚ ‫هِض‬
ٌٖٔ٣ ٖ‫ٗل‬ٝ ،‫ٖ كال طـذ‬٤‫ حُٔـ‬ٞٛ ٖٓ ‫ شوض‬١‫ٌُٖ اًح ٓؤُي أ‬ٝ ،‫٘خى‬ٛ ْ‫ٍ ٗؼ‬ٞ‫ٌٔ٘ي إٔ طو‬٣ ،‫ حُوِؼش‬٢‫ك‬
ٞٛٝ ٠ٓ‫خٕ أٓخ‬ٛٞ‫ ؿ‬٠٘‫" حٗل‬.َٟ‫ أٓخٕ َٓس أه‬٠‫ٕ ك‬ٌٞ‫اال كِٖ ط‬ٝ ،‫ىى‬ٞ‫ػ‬ٞ‫ض ر‬٤‫ك‬ٝ ‫إٔ ٗٔخػيى حًح‬
‫ش‬٣‫رـي‬ٝ ‫ال‬٣ٞ‫ٕ؟"كٌَص ؽ‬٥‫ ح‬ِٚ‫ ٓ٘لؼ‬١ٌُ‫ ٓخ ح‬،ً‫ "اًح‬:‫ ٓخرض‬٠ُ٘‫ ٓؤ‬،ٚ‫ه٘خ ر‬ٞ‫ػ‬ٝ ‫ظق‬٣ ٕ‫ ً٘خ ٗؤَٓ ح‬،ٍ‫ـخى‬٣
‫ اًح‬٠ٛ َٟ‫حأله‬ٝ ،‫٘خ ٓؼـِس‬٣‫ حًح ًخٕ ُي‬ٞٛ ٠ُٝ‫ حال‬،ً ‫خ‬٤‫وظخٕ إلهَحؽ حُِٔي ٖٓ ُٗيح ك‬٣َ‫٘خى ؽ‬ٛ" :‫ػْ هِض‬
".ٚٗٞ‫و‬٣ ٕ‫ حٓظؼيحى ح‬٠ِ‫م ػ‬ٝ‫ًخٕ أكي حَُؿخٍ حُي‬

Questions with model Answers

1) Who did King Rassendyll trust to keep the future of Ruritania safe?
He trusted Marshal Strakencz.

2) Why did Rassendyll, Sapt and Fritz decide to make a move against
Michael?
They decided so because the King was imprisoned and they wanted to save
him.

3) When could Duke Michael legally become King?

He could only legally become King if he married Princess Flavia.

4) What must Marshal Strakencz promise King Rassendyll to do?

He must promise to protect Princess Flavia from Duke Michael.

5) Why did Princess Flavia feel worried when Rassendyll told her he was
going to hunt Michael?
She felt worried because she thought it would be dangerous.

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6) What did Rassendyll ask Flavia to do if he didn't come back from
Zenda?
He asked her to become the Queen of Ruritania.

7) Who accompanied ‫ حططلذ‬King Rassendyll to Zenda?

Sapt, Fritz, a large party of servants and ten brave and strong men that he
trusted accompanied him to Zenda.

8) What did Rassendyll tell his men about their mission?

He told them that Michael tried to kill the King and that a good friend of the
King's was held prisoner in the Castle and it was their job to set him free.

9) Where did Rassendyll and his men stay in the forest?

They stayed at a country house called Tarlenheim which belonged to a relative
of Fritz.

10) Who visited King Rassendyll at the country house of Tarlenheim?

Three of Michael's Six Men visited him.
11) According to Sapt, who was the worst criminal of Michael's Six Men?
Rupert Hentzau was the worst criminal of them all

12) What did Rupert Hentzau tell Rassendyll about Duke Michael?
He told him that Duke Michael many of his men had a dangerous illness and
that it would be better for Rassendyll and his men to stay away.

13) What did Rassendyll ask the innkeeper's daughter to do?

He asked her to bring Johann to the country house where they stayed and not to
tell anyone that she had seen the King.

14) Who was Bernenstein?

He was a trusted gentleman who helped to save the King.

15) What happened to Bernenstein in the woods?

He was riding alone in the woods when someone shot him.

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16) Why couldn't Duke Michael and his men say in public that Rassendyll
wasn't the real King?
They couldn't do so because people then would know that they had kidnapped
the real King.

17) Rupert Hentzau told Rassendyll about Michael's new offer to him.
Illustrate.
Duke Michael offered Rassendyll a safe journey to the border and a million
gold pieces.

18) How was Rupert Hentzau able to trick Rudolf Rassendyll and injure
him at Tarlenheim?
Rupert Hentzau pretended that he wanted to shake hands with Rassendyll. He
stepped nearer to Rassendyll and suddenly stabbed him in the shoulder with his
knife.

19) Why would Johann be in trouble if Michael's plan to kill the King
succeeded?
He would be in trouble because he knew too much.

20) How could Johann be very useful to Rassendyll?

As Johann worked at the Castle of Zenda, he would make the perfect spy for
Rassendyll.

21) According to Johann, why did he work for Michael?

He worked for Michael because he was afraid of him not because he liked him.

22) Where was the King kept at the Castle of Zenda?

The King was kept in chains in a room with a small window.

23) What would happen if some people attacked the Castle?

Detchard would kill the King and the body would be put down the pipe and the
weight of his chains would keep the body under water.

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24) How did Michael plan to get rid of the King's body?
From the window of the King's room, there was a large stone pipe that led
down to the moat. If the King was dead, his body could be put down the pipe
and the weight of his chains would keep the body under water.

25) What would happen if the Castle was attacked by a large group of
soldiers?
Michael's men would kill the King and put him down the pipe leading to the
moat. One of Michael's men would take the King's place. So, it would seem
that Michael was keeping one of the Six Men as a prisoner because he had
been rude to Antoinette de Mauban. No one would believe that the King was
ever there.

26) Even if Rudolf Rassendyll remained King forever, he would never be

safe. Explain.
Without proving that Michael had killed the real King, Michael would still be
there in his Castle, waiting for his opportunity to take the crown.

27) Did King Rudolf Elphberg know about Michael's plan to kill him?
Yes, he did.

28) Who else knew about Michael's plan to kill the King?
Max Holf (Johann's brother) knew about it.

29) What was Max Holf's role in Michael's plan to kill the King?
Max helped to put up the pipe to the prison window.

30) According to Rassendyll, there were two ways in which the King could
come out of Zenda alive. Illustrate.
One way was to have a miracle and the other way was if one of the Duke’s
men betrayed him.

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 Chapter 7
The next day, three pieces of news arrived at the Tarlenheim country house
where we were staying. The first was that people of Strelsau had heard I was badly
injured while I was hunting in the woods, and they were worried. Secondly, the Duke
also thought I was badly injured, although he understood better how I had got my
injury. I heard this from Johann, who I now trusted and had allowed to go back to
Zenda. Thirdly, Marshal Strakencz told me that Princess Flavia had ordered him to
take her to see me.

ٕ‫ٍ أ‬ٝ‫ ًخٕ حأل‬،ْ٤‫غ ً٘خ ٗو‬٤‫ْ ك‬٤ٜ٘٤ٍُ‫ طخ‬٢‫ل‬٣َُ‫ حٍُِٔ٘ ح‬٠ُ‫طَ ػالػش حهزخٍ ح‬ٝ ،٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ك‬
ْٜٗ‫ح‬ٝ ،‫ حُـخرش‬٢‫٘ٔخ ً٘ض أططخى ك‬٤‫يس ر‬٣‫ أُطزض أطخرش شي‬٠٘ٗ‫ح ح‬ٞ‫ هي ٓٔؼ‬َُٞٔ‫ ٓظ‬٠‫حُ٘خّ ك‬
ٖٓ ْ‫ حَُؿ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬،‫َس‬٤‫ف هط‬َٝ‫ أطزض رـ‬٠٘ٗ‫ؼخ أػظوي ح‬٣‫م أ‬ٝ‫ إٔ حُي‬٠ٗ‫ًخٕ حُؼخ‬ٝ ،‫ٕ رخُوِن‬َٝ‫شؼ‬٣
،ٕ٥‫ ح‬ٚ٤‫ أػن ك‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬،ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫ٌح ٖٓ ؿ‬ٛ ‫ ٓٔؼض‬،‫ حإلطخرش‬ٌٙٛ ٠ُ ‫ق كيػض‬٤ً َ٤‫ْ رشٌَ ًز‬ٜ‫ل‬٣ ٚٗ‫أ‬
‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ٌِ٘ إٔ حأل‬٤ً‫ حُٔخٍشخٍ ٓظَح‬٠َٗ‫ أٓخ حُؼخُغ كوي أهز‬،‫ ُٗيح‬٠ُ‫ى ا‬ٞ‫ؼ‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ُٚ ‫ٌُُي ٓٔلض‬ٝ
.٢‫ظ‬٣‫خ َُإ‬ٜ‫ ر‬٢‫ؤط‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ٚ‫خ هي أَٓط‬٤‫كالك‬
When the Princess arrived at Tarlenheim, she was relieved to see that my
injury was not serious. However, Johann told us shortly afterwards that the King
was looking weak and ill, and we realised that we had to do something quickly. We
could not wait any longer or he would surely die. It was perhaps the strangest thing
in the history of any country, that the King's brother and a pretend King, near a
quiet country town during a time of peace, acted out a war for the life of a sick King,
with just a few people knowing about it.

.‫َس‬٤‫ ُْ طٌٖ هط‬٠‫خف ػ٘يٓخ ٍأص إٔ اطخرظ‬٤‫ شؼَص رخالٍط‬،ْ٤ٜ٘٤ٍُ‫ طخ‬٠ُ‫َس ح‬٤ٓ‫طِض حأل‬ٝ ‫ػ٘يٓخ‬
َ‫٘خ إٔ ٗلؼ‬٤ِ‫ ػ‬ٚٗ‫حىًٍ٘خ أ‬ٝ ،‫ؼخ‬٣َٓٝ ‫لخ‬٤‫ ػؼ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ ‫ إٔ حُِٔي‬،َ٤ِ‫ رؼي ًُي رو‬،‫خٕ أهزَٗخ‬ٛٞ‫ٌُٖ ؿ‬ٝ
ٕ‫ٍرٔخ ًخ‬ٝ .‫ص‬ٞٔ٤ٓ ٚٗ‫اال كٖٔ حُٔئًي أ‬ٝ ‫ٍ ٖٓ ًُي‬ٞ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ ٗ٘ظظَ أؽ‬٣ ‫ ك٘لٖ ال‬.‫جخ رَٔػش‬٤‫ش‬
‫ رخُوَد ٖٓ رِيس‬،‫ حُِٔي‬ٚٗ‫َ أ‬ٛ‫ظظخ‬٣ ‫شوض‬ٝ ‫ن حُِٔي‬٤‫ إٔ شو‬،‫ رِي‬١‫ن أ‬٣ٍ‫ طخ‬٢‫ء ك‬٢‫أؿَد ش‬
ٖٓ َ٤ِ‫ ٓغ ػيى ه‬،‫غ‬٣َٓ ‫خس ِٓي‬٤‫ٕ ُلَد ٖٓ أؿَ ك‬ٞ‫وطط‬٣ ،ُِْٔ‫هض ح‬ٝ ٍ‫خىثش هال‬ٛ ‫ش‬٤‫ل‬٣ٍ
.َٓ‫ٌح حأل‬ٛ ٕٞ‫ؼَك‬٣ ّ‫حُ٘خ‬

That night, after Princess Flavia had gone to bed, I changed my clothes and
went outside to join Sapt and Fritz with seven men. We all had weapons and we rode
our horses into a wet, windy night, taking a quiet back road towards the Castle of
Zenda. It took us about an hour to get there. A few hundred metres from the castle,
we asked the seven men to wait with the horses while we continued on foot up the hill
to the moat around the castle. Here, Sapt tied a rope to a tree and I took off my boots,
using the rope to climb down into the water.

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‫ حُوخٍؽ‬٠ُ‫زض ا‬ًٛٝ ،٢ٔ‫ ريُض ٓالر‬،ُّٞ٘‫ ح‬٠ُ‫خ ح‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫زض حأل‬ًٛ ‫ رؼيٓخ‬،‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ طِي ح‬٢‫ك‬
‫ِش ٍؽزش‬٤ُ ٠‫ُ٘خ ك‬ٞ٤‫ طلًَ٘خ رو‬،ٖ٤‫ؼخ ً ِٓٔل‬٤ٔ‫ً٘خ ؿ‬ٝ .ٍ‫ظِ ٓغ ٓزؼش ٍؿخ‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ ػخرض‬٠ُ‫ُالٗؼٔخّ ا‬
‫ ٓخػش‬٢ُ‫ح‬ٞ‫ حٓظـَم حألَٓ ٓ٘خ ك‬.‫٘يح‬٣ُ ‫ هِؼش‬ٞ‫خ ً ٗل‬ٜ‫خىة ٓظـ‬ٛ ٠‫ن هِل‬٣َ‫ أهٌٗخ ؽ‬،‫ػخطلش‬ٝ
‫ ؽِز٘خ ٖٓ حَُؿخٍ حُٔزؼش‬،‫ رؼي رؼغ ٓجخص ٖٓ حألٓظخٍ ٖٓ حُوِؼش‬٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ .‫٘خى‬ٛ ٠ُ‫ٍ ا‬ٞ‫ط‬ُِٞ
ٍٞ‫ ك‬٠‫ حُو٘يم حُٔخث‬٠ُ‫ حُظَ ا‬٠ِ‫ حألهيحّ ٖٓ أػ‬٠ِ‫َٗخ ػ‬٤ٓ ‫حطِ٘خ‬ٝ ‫٘ٔخ‬٤‫ٍ ر‬ٞ٤‫حالٗظظخٍ ٓغ حُو‬
٠‫ أٓلَ ك‬٠ُ‫ٍ ا‬ُِِٝ٘ َ‫ الٓظويحّ حُلز‬٢‫هِؼض كٌحث‬ٝ ،‫ شـَس‬٠‫ ٍرؾ ػخرض كزَ ك‬،‫٘خ‬ٛ .‫حُوِؼش‬
.‫حُٔخء‬

Although the night was windy and wet, it had been a warm and sunny day
and the water was not cold, and I swam without difficulty round the castle walls. I
could hear voices inside the castle, but it was so dark that I did not think anyone
could see me. I remembered what Johann had told me and thought I must now be
near to the window to the King's room. Then I saw the giant pipe that led from his
window to the moat, and I was about to go nearer when I heard a noise.

‫ٌٖ حُٔخء‬٣ ُْ ‫ٓش ّٔٔخ ً ٌُُي‬ٝ ً ‫ٓخ ً كخٍح‬ٞ٣ ٕ‫ كوي ًخ‬،‫ٍؽذ‬ٝ ‫َ ًخٕ ػخطق‬٤ُِ‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ إٔ ح‬٠ِ‫ػ‬
ٕ‫ٌُٖ ًخ‬ٝ ،‫حطخ ً ىحهَ حُوِؼش‬ٞ‫ ً٘ض أٓٔغ أط‬.‫ٍ ؿيٍحٕ حُوِؼش‬ٞ‫رش ك‬ٞ‫ٕ طؼ‬ٝ‫ٓزلض ى‬ٝ ،ً‫رخٍىح‬
ٚ‫ ر‬٠َٗ‫ طًٌَص ٓخ حهز‬.٠ٗ‫َح‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ٚ‫ حٓظطخػظ‬٠‫ شوض ًخٕ ك‬١‫حٌُٔخٕ ٓظِٔخ ً ٌُُي ال أػظوي إٔ أ‬
‫ض‬٣‫ ٍأ‬،ْ‫ ػ‬.‫خ حُِٔي‬ٜ‫ ر‬٠‫ٕ رخُوَد ٖٓ ٗخكٌس حُـَكش حُظ‬٥‫ ح‬٠٘ٗ‫ ٖٓ حُٔئًي ح‬ٚٗ‫حػظويص ح‬ٝ ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫ؿ‬
‫شي حإلهظَحد حًؼَ ػ٘يٓخ‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ً٘ض ػ‬ٝ ،‫ رخُو٘يم‬ٚ‫ ًخٗض طظَ ٗخكٌس ؿَكظ‬٢‫ٍس حُؼٔالهش حُظ‬ٞٓ‫حُٔخ‬
.‫ػخء‬ٞ‫ٓٔؼض ػ‬
I now saw there was a boat next to the pipe, and in the boat was a guard
carrying a large gun. I went up to the boat as quietly as I could, then I saw that the
guard was Max Holf, the brother of Johann. He was breathing slowly and deeply and
I saw that he was asleep. I swam slowly and silently up to him and, though I hated to
do it, this was war, so I stabbed him to death.

.‫َس‬٤‫ش ًز‬٤‫لَٔ ر٘يه‬٣ ٍّ‫٘خى كخ‬ٛ ٕ‫ حُوخٍد ًخ‬٢‫ك‬ٝ ،‫ٍس‬ٞٓ‫حٍ حُٔخ‬ٞ‫٘خى هخٍد رـ‬ٛ ٕ‫ض ح‬٣‫ٕ ٍأ‬٥‫ح‬
ٚٗ‫ أ‬.ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫ن ؿ‬٤‫ شو‬،‫ُق‬ٞٛ ًْ‫ض إٔ حُلخٍّ ًخٕ ٓخ‬٣‫ ػْ ٍأ‬،٠ٌ٘٘ٓ‫ء ٓخ أ‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ حُوخٍد ر‬٠ُ‫زض ا‬ًٛ
،ٙ‫طِض ػ٘ي‬ٝ ٠‫ طٔض كظ‬٢‫ك‬ٝ ‫ ٓزلض رزؾء‬.ً‫ ًخٕ ٗخثٔخ‬ٚٗ‫ٔض أ‬ٜ‫ك‬ٝ ،‫ػٔن‬ٝ ‫ظ٘لْ رزؾء‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬
.‫ص‬ُٞٔ‫ ح‬٠‫ كظ‬ٚ‫ ٌُُي ؽؼ٘ظ‬،‫ كَد‬ٌٙٛ ‫ ُوي ًخٗض‬،‫خّ رٌُي‬٤‫ ُِو‬٢‫ظ‬٤ٛ‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ ًَح‬٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ

Now I had time to look carefully at the pipe. I soon realised that the bottom of
the pipe was not fastened to the wall and I could see light coming from its far end. I
tried to push it, and although the pipe was very heavy, it moved just a little. Then I
heard voices: one was the King, and the other was a man with an English accent. It
٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 81 Mohamed Morsi
was Detchard. "Time for your sleep," said the Englishman. "Why doesn't my
brother kill me now?" said the King in a weak voice. "The Duke doesn't want you to
die, not yet anyway. Sleep well!" said Detchard. Then the light disappeared and I
could hear a door being locked. Now all I could hear was the King, quietly crying.

ُْ ‫ٍس‬ٞٓ‫ ٖٓ حُٔخ‬٢ِ‫ َٓػخٕ ٓخ أىًٍض إٔ حُـِء حُٔل‬.‫ش‬٣‫ٍس رؼ٘خ‬ٞٓ‫هض ُللض حُٔخ‬ُٞ‫ ح‬ٟ‫ٕ ُي‬٥‫ح‬
،‫خ‬ٜ‫ُض إٔ حىكؼ‬ٝ‫ كخ‬.‫ي‬٤‫خ حُزؼ‬ٜ‫ءح ً هخىٓخ ً ٖٓ ؽَك‬ٞ‫ ػ‬ٍٟ‫حٓظطؼض حٕ أ‬ٝ ،ٍ‫ حُـيح‬٠‫ٌٖ ٓؼزظخ ك‬٣
ٕ‫ ًخ‬:ٕ‫طخ‬ٞ‫ ػْ ٓٔؼض ط‬.‫الً كوؾ‬٤ِ‫ كوي طلًَض ه‬،ً‫ِش ؿيح‬٤‫ٍس ًخٗض ػو‬ٞٓ‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ إٔ حُٔخ‬٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ
‫هض‬ٝ ٕ‫ "كخ‬:١ِ٤ِ‫ هخٍ حإلٗـ‬.‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ ى‬ٚٗ‫ ا‬.‫ش‬٣ِ٤ِ‫ـش اٗـ‬ِٜ‫هَ ًخٕ ٍؿالً ر‬٥‫ح‬ٝ ،‫ٔخ حُِٔي‬ٛ‫أكي‬
‫م ال‬ٝ‫ "حُي‬:‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ كوخٍ ى‬."‫ٕ؟‬٥‫ ح‬٢‫ أه‬٢ِ٘‫وظ‬٣ ‫ "ُٔخًح ال‬:‫ق‬٤‫ص ػؼ‬ٞ‫هخٍ حُِٔي رظ‬ٝ ."‫ٓي‬ٞٗ
‫ص‬ٞ‫ٓٔؼض ط‬ٝ ‫ء‬ٞ‫ حُؼ‬٠‫ ػْ حهظل‬." !‫ي‬٤‫ ْٗ رشٌَ ؿ‬.ٍ‫ كخ‬١‫ أ‬٠ِ‫ْ رؼي ػ‬٤ُ ،‫ص‬ٞٔ‫يى إٔ ط‬٣َ٣
.‫ص ٓ٘ولغ‬ٞ‫ رظ‬٢ٌ‫ز‬٣ ،‫ ًخٕ حُِٔي‬ٚ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ أٓٔؼ‬٣ ‫ٕ ًَ ٓخ‬٥‫ ح‬.َ‫وُل‬٣ ‫د‬ ٍ ‫رخ‬

I realised nothing more could be done that night, so I climbed in the boat with
Max dead at the bottom and rowed back to the rope. The wind was blowing hard
now, so I did not worry that anyone would hear the boat. When I arrived next to the
rope, I tied it round Max's body and asked Sapt to pull it up. Then I climbed back to
my friends. Sapt whistled for our seven men to come and get us with their horses, but
as they got nearer, we heard several shots and loud cries, and then a voice callout,
"They've got me, Rupert! There are seven of them. Save yourself!"

ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ًْ‫ حُوخٍد ٓغ ٓخ‬٢‫ ٌُُي هلِص ك‬،‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ طِي ح‬٢‫ شت خهَ ك‬ٟ‫ كؼَ أ‬٠ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ ‫ ال‬ٚٗ‫أىًٍض أ‬
‫ذ رشيس‬ٜ‫خف ط‬٣َُ‫ ًخٗض ح‬.َ‫ حُلز‬٠ُ‫ ا‬َٟ‫ؿيكض ػخثيح ً َٓس أه‬ٝ ،٢ِ‫ حُـِء حُٔل‬٢‫ ك‬ٚ‫ػؼظ‬ٞ‫ظخ ً ك‬٤ٓ
،َ‫حٍ حُلز‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬٠ُ‫طِض ا‬ٝ ‫ ػ٘يٓخ‬.‫ٔٔغ حُوخٍد‬٣ ‫ شوض هي‬١‫ ُْ أهِن ٖٓ إٔ أ‬٠٘ٗ‫ أ‬٠‫ كظ‬،ٕ٥‫ح‬
َٟ‫ ػخثيح ً َٓس أه‬ٚ‫ ػْ طًَظ‬.٠ِ‫ٔلذ حُوخٍد ألػ‬٣ ٕ‫ؽِزض ٖٓ ػخرض أ‬ٝ ،ًْ‫ٍ ؿْٔ ٓخ‬ٞ‫ ك‬ٚ‫ٍرطظ‬
‫ح‬ٞ‫ٌُٖ ػ٘يٓخ حهظَر‬ٝ ،ُْٜٞ٤‫ٗ٘خ رو‬ٌٝ‫ؤه‬٣ٝ ‫ح‬ٞ‫ؤط‬٤ُ ‫َ َُؿخُ٘خ حُٔزؼش‬٤‫ هخّ ػخرض رخُظل‬.٢‫ أطيهخث‬٠ُ‫ا‬
!‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫خ‬٣ ٠ٗٞ‫ "ُوي حطخر‬:‫ص‬ٞ‫رؼي ًُي طخف ط‬ٝ ،‫ش‬٤ُ‫طَهخص ػخ‬ٝ ‫ٓ٘خ ٓٔؼ٘خ ػيس ؽِوخص‬
"!‫ أٗوٌ ٗلٔي‬.ْٜ٘ٓ ‫٘خى ٓزؼش‬ٛٝ
We were running towards our men when a horse arrived with Rupert
Hentzau on it. It was so dark that he did not see us, so I took a large stick and ran
forward towards the horse's head. Now, surely we had him! But he was too quick. He
waved a sword at me and cut my stick in half. I stepped back, and before we knew it,
he had disappeared into the night. I later found out that Lauengram and Krafstein
were both killed by our men, although the fight had cost us three of our own men.
We went home with heavy hearts for our friends, worried about the health of the
King, and angry that Rupert had escaped.

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ُْ ٚٗ‫ أ‬٠‫ًخٕ حٌُٔخٕ ٓظِٔخ ً كظ‬ٝ .ِٝ‫٘ظ‬٤ٛ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ٚ٤ِ‫طَ كظخٕ ػ‬ٝ ‫ ٍؿخُ٘خ ػ٘يٓخ‬ٞ‫ ٗل‬َٟ‫ً٘خ ٗـ‬
‫ ًخٕ ٖٓ حُٔئًي أٗ٘خ‬،ٕ٥‫ ح‬.ٕ‫ ٍأّ حُلظخ‬ٞ‫ حألٓخّ ٗل‬٠ُ‫ًٍؼض ا‬ٝ ،‫َس‬٤‫ كؤهٌص ػظخ ًز‬،‫َحٗخ‬٣
‫ أهٌص‬.ٖ٤‫ ٗظل‬ٟ‫هطغ ػظخ‬ٝ ،٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٢‫ ك‬ٚ‫ل‬٤ٔ‫ف ر‬ُٞ ‫ كوي‬.ً‫ؼخ ً ؿيح‬٣َٓ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ !ٚ٘ٓ ‫طٌٔ٘خ‬
ٕ‫ٔخ رؼي أ‬٤‫ حًظشلض ك‬.ّ‫ حُظال‬٢‫ ك‬٠‫ ًخٕ هي حهظل‬،‫ليع‬٣ ‫هزَ حٕ ٗؼَف ٓخ‬ٝ ،‫ٍحء‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٠ُ‫س ا‬ٞ‫هط‬
‫ حُٔؼًَش هي ًِلظ٘خ‬ٌٙٛ ٕ‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ أ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬،‫حٓطش ٍؿخُ٘خ‬ٞ‫ٔخ هي هُظَ ر‬ٛ‫ٖ ًال‬٤‫ًَحكٔظ‬ٝ ّ‫٘ـَح‬٣ُٞ
‫ٍٗخ حُوِن رشؤٕ طلش‬ٝ‫ٔخ‬٣ ،‫ػش رٔزذ حطيهخث٘خ‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ٞٓ ‫د‬ِٞ‫ حٍُِٔ٘ رو‬٠ُ‫ز٘خ ح‬ًٛ .‫ػالػش ٖٓ ٍؿخُ٘خ‬
.‫َد‬ٛ ‫رَص هي‬ٍٝ ٕ‫ٖ ٖٓ أ‬٤‫ؿخػز‬ٝ ،‫حُِٔي‬

The next day, I received a visit from the Chief of Police in Strelsau. He told
me that the British Ambassador had reported that an Englishman called Rassendyll
had disappeared near the town of Zenda. They had found his bags at a nearby train
station, and a man called Mr Featherly from Paris believed he was travelling with
Madame de Mauban. He asked if I knew the lady. "Yes, I do," I replied. "I believe
she and her servants were guests of Duke Michael." "I see," said the policeman.
"Go back to Strelsau and tell the Ambassador what you know. I'll look into this for
you," I told him. "Return in two weeks and I'll tell you what I've found." I wanted
to have at least two weeks without any more difficult questions. My game had
almost been discovered.

َ٤‫ إٔ "حُٔل‬٠َٗ‫حهز‬ٝ .ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫ْ حُشَؽش" ك‬٤‫خٍس ٖٓ "ٍث‬٣ُ ‫ض‬٤‫ طِو‬٢ُ‫ّ حُظخ‬ٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ك‬ٝ
‫ح‬ٝ‫ؿي‬ٝ ‫هي‬ٝ .‫٘يح‬٣ُ ‫٘ش‬٣‫ هَُد ٓي‬٠‫َ هي حهظل‬٣‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ ٍح‬٠‫يػ‬٣ ً ‫خ‬٣ِ٤ِ‫ إٔ ٍؿالً اٗـ‬ٚ‫" أرِـ‬٢ٗ‫طخ‬٣َ‫حُز‬
‫ ًخٕ ٓٔخكَح ً ٓغ‬ٚٗ‫ْ أ‬٣ٍ‫ ٖٓ رخ‬٢َُ٣ِ٤‫ي ك‬٤ُٔ‫ ح‬٠‫يػ‬٣ َ‫ ٍؿ‬٠‫أىػ‬ٝ ،‫زش‬٣َ‫ ٓلطش هطخٍ ه‬٢‫ ك‬ٚ‫أٓظؼظ‬
‫ح‬ٞٗ‫خ ًخ‬ٜٓ‫هي‬ٝ ‫خ‬ٜٗ‫ أػظوي أ‬.‫خ‬ٜ‫ أػَك‬،ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬:ٚ‫ كؤؿزظ‬.‫يس‬٤ُٔ‫ٓؤٍ اًح ً٘ض أػَف ح‬ٝ .ٕ‫رخ‬ٞٓ ١‫ٓيحّ ى‬
٠ُ‫ى ا‬ٞ‫ي حٕ طؼ‬٤ِ‫ "ػ‬:ُٚ ‫ كوِض‬."‫ْ ًُي‬ٜ‫ "أك‬:٢‫ كوخٍ حُشَؽ‬."ٌَ٣‫م ٓخ‬ٝ‫كخ ً ػ٘ي حُي‬ٞ٤‫ػ‬
ٕٞ‫ ؿؼ‬٢‫ى ك‬ٞ‫ "ٓ٘ؼ‬." ‫ٌح ٖٓ حؿِي‬ٛ ٢‫ف ٗ٘ظَ ك‬ٞٓ .ٚ‫َ رٔخ طؼَك‬٤‫طوزَ حُٔل‬ٝ ِٞٔ٣َ‫ٓظ‬
١‫ٕ أ‬ٝ‫ٖ ى‬٤‫ػ‬ٞ‫ حألهَ أٓز‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬٠ٓ‫ٕ حٓخ‬ٌٞ٣ ٕ‫ أٍىص أ‬."‫ؿيص‬ٝ ‫ف أهزًَْ ٓخ هي‬ٞٓٝ ،ٖ٤‫ػ‬ٞ‫أٓز‬
.٢‫زخ هي أًُظشلض ُؼزظ‬٣َ‫ طو‬.‫رش‬ٞ‫أٓجِش أًؼَ طؼ‬
But with the policeman in town that day, there could be no more fighting
around the castle, and Rupert clearly felt safe enough to ride out on his horse. When
I saw him, I quickly caught up with him. He looked surprised to see me. "How's my
brother today?" I asked him. "He's well," he replied. "He hopes he'll soon be in
Strelsau." "Rupert, you're young. Why are you doing this? If you let your prisoner
go free, I can help you," I said to him. "You don't have to work for my brother."
Rupert looked ahead of him and said nothing for a minute, then he spoke quietly.

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 83 Mohamed Morsi

ُْ ‫ٍس‬ٞٓ‫ ٖٓ حُٔخ‬٢ِ‫ َٓػخٕ ٓخ أىًٍض إٔ حُـِء حُٔل‬.‫ش‬٣‫ٍس رؼ٘خ‬ٞٓ‫هض ُللض حُٔخ‬ُٞ‫ ح‬ٟ‫ٕ ُي‬٥‫ح‬
،‫خ‬ٜ‫ُض إٔ حىكؼ‬ٝ‫ كخ‬.‫ي‬٤‫خ حُزؼ‬ٜ‫ءح ً هخىٓخ ً ٖٓ ؽَك‬ٞ‫ ػ‬ٍٟ‫حٓظطؼض حٕ أ‬ٝ ،ٍ‫ حُـيح‬٠‫ٌٖ ٓؼزظخ ك‬٣
ٕ‫ ًخ‬:ٕ‫طخ‬ٞ‫ ػْ ٓٔؼض ط‬.‫الً كوؾ‬٤ِ‫ كوي طلًَض ه‬،ً‫ِش ؿيح‬٤‫ٍس ًخٗض ػو‬ٞٓ‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ إٔ حُٔخ‬٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ
‫هض‬ٝ ٕ‫ "كخ‬:١ِ٤ِ‫ هخٍ حإلٗـ‬.‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ ى‬ٚٗ‫ ا‬.‫ش‬٣ِ٤ِ‫ـش اٗـ‬ِٜ‫هَ ًخٕ ٍؿالً ر‬٥‫ح‬ٝ ،‫ٔخ حُِٔي‬ٛ‫أكي‬
‫م ال‬ٝ‫ "حُي‬:‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ كوخٍ ى‬."‫ٕ؟‬٥‫ ح‬٢‫ أه‬٢ِ٘‫وظ‬٣ ‫ "ُٔخًح ال‬:‫ق‬٤‫ص ػؼ‬ٞ‫هخٍ حُِٔي رظ‬ٝ ."‫ٓي‬ٞٗ
‫ص‬ٞ‫ٓٔؼض ط‬ٝ ‫ء‬ٞ‫ حُؼ‬٠‫ ػْ حهظل‬." !‫ي‬٤‫ ْٗ رشٌَ ؿ‬.ٍ‫ كخ‬١‫ أ‬٠ِ‫ْ رؼي ػ‬٤ُ ،‫ص‬ٞٔ‫يى إٔ ط‬٣َ٣
.‫ص ٓ٘ولغ‬ٞ‫ رظ‬٢ٌ‫ز‬٣ ،‫ ًخٕ حُِٔي‬ٚ‫ٌٖٔ إٔ أٓٔؼ‬٣ ‫ٕ ًَ ٓخ‬٥‫ ح‬.َ‫وُل‬٣ ‫د‬ ٍ ‫رخ‬

"You may be right. Attack the castle bravely. I'll tell you when. But Fritz and
Sapt must die, and so must Michael and the King. That will leave two men alive: you
and me. You'll stay as the King, and I'll have a reward." "Would you really work
against Michael?" I asked him. "He's not a good man," he replied. "He makes me
angry. I nearly killed him myself last night. Think carefully about my plan." With
that, he rode off down the road.

،‫ػخرض‬ٝ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ص ك‬ٞٔ٣ ٕ‫ـذ أ‬٣ ٌُٖٝ .٠‫ٍ ُي ٓظ‬ٞ‫ ٓؤه‬.‫خؿْ حُوِؼش رشـخػش‬ٛ .‫ كن‬٠ِ‫ٕ ػ‬ٌٞ‫"هي ط‬
٠‫ ٓظزو‬.‫أٗخ‬ٝ ‫ أٗض‬:‫خس‬٤‫ي حُل‬٤‫ ه‬٠ِ‫ظَى ٍؿالٕ ػ‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ‫ٌح‬ٛٝ .‫حُِٔي‬ٝ ٌَ٣‫ص ٓخ‬ٞٔ٣ ٕ‫ـذ أ‬٣ ‫ًٌُي‬ٝ
َ‫ْ ٍؿ‬٤ُ ٚٗ‫ "ح‬:‫ كؤؿخد‬."‫ٌَ؟‬٣‫َ كوخ ً ٓظؼَٔ ػي ٓخ‬ٛ" :ٚ‫ٓآهٌ أٗخ حٌُٔخكؤس" ٓؤُظ‬ٝ ،‫حٗض ًِٔي‬
."٢‫ هطظ‬٠‫ش ك‬٣‫ كٌَ رؼ٘خ‬.‫ش‬٤‫ِش حُٔخػ‬٤ُِ‫ ح‬٢ٔ‫ ر٘ل‬ِٚ‫شي هظ‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ً٘ض ػ‬ٝ .‫ ؿخػزخ‬٢ِ٘‫ـؼ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ أ‬،‫ي‬٤‫ؿ‬
.ٚ‫و‬٣َ‫ ؽ‬٠‫ ك‬ٚٗ‫ حٗطِن رلظخ‬،‫رؼي ًُي‬ٝ
Later that day, Sapt could see that I was deep in thought, but I did not tell
him what I was thinking. There was a knock at the door and a boy brought me a
message. It read: Johann will take this letter for me. I warned you before. The Duke
discovered that I helped you that night in the summer house. He is now keeping me a
prisoner in his mansion because he cannot trust me. Please, if you can, rescue me from
this house of murderers.
Antoinette de Mauban

‫ٔخ‬٤‫ ك‬َٙ‫ ُْ حهز‬٠ٌُ٘ٝ ،ٌَ‫ حُل‬٢‫ ً٘ض ٓٔظـَهخ ك‬٠٘ٗ‫ الكع ػخرض ح‬،ّٞ٤ُ‫هض الكن ٖٓ ًُي ح‬ٝ ٢‫ك‬
ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ٣ :ٍٞ‫ ًخٗض حَُٓخُش طو‬.٢ُ ‫لَٔ ٍٓخُش‬٣ ٢‫ طز‬ٚٗ‫ ا‬،‫ حُزخد‬٠ِ‫٘خى ؽَهخ ً ػ‬ٛ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.ٌَ‫ً٘ض حك‬
‫ طِي‬٢‫ هي ٓخػيطي ك‬٠٘ٗ‫م أ‬ٝ‫ حًظشق حُي‬.َ‫ ُوي كٌٍطي ٖٓ هز‬.٠ِ‫ حَُٓخُش ٖٓ حؿ‬ٌٙٛ ٌ‫ؤه‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ
‫م‬ٞ‫ػ‬ُٞ‫ ح‬ٌٚ٘ٔ٣ ‫ ال‬ٚٗ‫ ٗظَح ً أل‬َٙ‫ هظ‬٢‫ٖ ك‬٤‫ ًٔـ‬٢ِ‫ظللع ػ‬٣ ٕ٥‫ ح‬ٞٛٝ .٠‫ل‬٤‫ حٍُِٔ٘ حُظ‬٢‫ِش ك‬٤ُِ‫ح‬
ٕ‫رخ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ أٗط‬.‫ٌح‬ٛ ‫ض حُوظِش‬٤‫ ٖٓ ر‬٠ٌٗ‫ حٗو‬،‫غ‬٤‫ اًح ً٘ض طٔظط‬،‫ ٖٓ كؼِي‬.٠‫ر‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 84 Mohamed Morsi

 What could I do? Time went on and I knew that, for now, I could do nothing
to help either Madame de Mauban or the King. I soon heard that the people in
Strelsau did not like the fact that I had been away from them for so long. To keep
them happy, my messengers told them that Flavia and I had arranged a date for our
wedding, news which was greeted with great joy.

ّ‫جخ ُٔٔخػيس ٓيح‬٤‫ إٔ أكؼَ ش‬٠ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ ‫ ال‬،ٕ٥‫ ح‬،ٚٗ‫ً٘ض أػِْ أ‬ٝ ‫هض‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٠‫ٌٖٔ إٔ أكؼَ؟ ٓؼ‬٣ ‫ٓخًح‬
ْٜ٘‫ ػ‬ٟ‫وش رؼي‬٤‫ح كو‬ِٞ‫وز‬٣ ُْ ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٢‫َٓػخٕ ٓخ ٓٔؼض إٔ حُ٘خّ ك‬ٝ .‫ حُِٔي‬ٝ‫رخٕ أ‬ٞٓ ١‫ى‬
ٞٛٝ ،‫ػي ُكخك٘خ‬ٞٓ ‫خ هي ٍطز٘خ‬٤‫ كالك‬ٝ ٠٘ٗ‫ أ‬٠ٍُِٓ َْٛ‫ أهز‬،ْٜ‫ ٓؼخىط‬٠ِ‫ُِللخظ ػ‬ٝ .‫ِش‬٣ٞ‫ُلظَس ؽ‬
.ْ٤‫رَ رلَف ػظ‬ٞ‫ ه‬١ٌُ‫حُوزَ ح‬
Not everyone wanted to know this news, however. Johann told me that the
Duke was furious to hear about the wedding. At the same time, the King had become
so ill that the Duke had asked for a doctor to examine him. The doctor advised him to
set the King free at once, but the Duke refused, adding that the doctor would have to
stay with him until he was better or died, whichever came first. Johann also told us
that Antoinette de Mauban was helping to look after the King, who was guarded by
two of the remaining Six Men at all times

ٕ‫م ًخ‬ٝ‫خٕ إٔ حُي‬ٛٞ‫ ؿ‬٠َٗ‫ أهز‬،ٍ‫ حألهزخ‬ٌٙٛ ‫ؼَف‬٣ ٕ‫ي أ‬٣َ٣ ٕ‫غ ًخ‬٤ٔ‫ْ حُـ‬٤ُ ‫ٓغ ًُي‬ٝ31
ٕ‫ أ‬٠‫ؼخ ً ؿيح ً كظ‬٣َٓ ‫ أطزق حُِٔي‬،ٚٔ‫هض ٗل‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٢‫ك‬ٝ .‫ؿخػزخ ً ػ٘يٓخ ٓٔغ ػٖ كلَ حُِكخف‬
،‫م ٍكغ‬ٝ‫ٌُٖ حُي‬ٝ ،ٍ‫ حُلخ‬٠‫لٍَ حُِٔي ك‬٣ ٕ‫ذ رؤ‬٤‫ حُطز‬ٚ‫ ٗظل‬.ٚ‫زخ ً ُللظ‬٤‫م ؽِذ ؽز‬ٝ‫حُي‬
٠َٗ‫ حهز‬.ً‫ال‬ٝ‫ أ‬٢‫ؤط‬٣ ‫ٔخ‬ٜ٣‫ أ‬،‫ص‬ٞٔ٣ ٝ‫ظلٖٔ ح‬٣ ٠‫ كظ‬ٚ‫ ٓؼ‬٠‫زو‬٣ ٕ‫ؼطَ ح‬٤ٓ ‫ذ‬٤‫لخ ً إٔ حُطز‬٤‫ٓؼ‬
ٖٔٓ ٕ‫ حػ٘خ‬َٚٓ‫ل‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬،‫ش رخُِٔي‬٣‫ حُؼ٘خ‬٠‫رخٕ طٔخػي ك‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ؼخ إٔ أٗط‬٣‫خٕ أ‬ٛٞ‫ؿ‬
.‫هخص‬ٝ‫غ حأل‬٤ٔ‫ ؿ‬٢‫ ٖٓ "حَُؿخٍ حُٔظش" ك‬٠‫طزو‬

Although Johann did not want to return to the castle, we paid him well to go
back and act as our spy. I found out from Johann where all the people stayed at night
in the castle and the mansion, and who had the keys to the doors. "I'll give you fifty
thousand pieces of gold if you do what I ask you tomorrow night," I told Johann. "I
hear there are new servants at the castle. Do these servants know the King's a
prisoner there?" "No, they don't know who the prisoner is," he answered. "So if they
saw me, they'd think that I was the King?" I asked. "Yes, they would, sir." "Good.
Tomorrow night, give this letter to Antoinette de Mauban. Then, at two o'clock in the
morning, open the front door to the mansion. Ask no more questions. Now go."

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 85 Mohamed Morsi

‫ظظَف‬٣ٝ ‫ى‬ٞ‫ؼ‬٣ ٠ٌُ ‫يح‬٤‫ ؿ‬ُٚ ‫ ىكؼ٘خ‬،‫ حُوِؼش‬٠ُ‫ىس ا‬ٞ‫ي حُؼ‬٣َ٣ ‫خٕ ال‬ٛٞ‫ حَُؿْ ٖٓ إٔ ؿ‬٠ِ‫ػ‬
،َ‫حُوظ‬ٝ ‫ حُوِؼش‬٢‫َ ك‬٤ُِ‫غ حُ٘خّ حػ٘خء ح‬٤ٔ‫خٕ حٓخًٖ حهخٓش ؿ‬ٛٞ‫ حًظشلض ٖٓ ؿ‬.‫ّ ُ٘خ‬ٞٓ‫ًـخ‬
‫ذ اًح كؼِض ٓخ‬ٌُٛ‫ٖ أُق هطؼش ٖٓ ح‬٤ٔٔ‫ي ه‬٤‫ "ٓؤػط‬:ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫ هِض ُـ‬.‫حد‬ٞ‫ق حألر‬٤‫ ٓلخط‬ٚ٣‫ٖٓ ُي‬ٝ
‫ئالء حُويّ حٕ حُِٔي‬ٛ ‫ؼَف‬٣ َٛ .‫ حُوِؼش‬٢‫٘خى هيّ ؿيى ك‬ٛ ٕ‫ ٓٔؼض أ‬،‫ِش حُـي‬٤ُ ‫أؽِذ ٓ٘ي‬
٠٘ٗ‫ح ح‬ٞ٘‫ ُظ‬،٠ٗٝ‫ ٍأ‬ُٞ ً ‫ "اًح‬:ٚ‫ ٓؤُظ‬."ٖ٤‫ حُٔـ‬ٞٛ ٖٓ ٕٞ‫ؼَك‬٣ ‫ ال‬،‫ "ال‬:‫٘خى؟ " كؤؿخد‬ٛ ٖ٤‫ٓـ‬
٠ُ‫ حَُٓخُش ا‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ِش حُـي أػط‬٤ُ ،‫ي‬٤‫" "ؿ‬.١‫ي‬٤ٓ ‫خ‬٣ ‫ٕ ًُي‬ٞ٘‫ظ‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ،ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬."‫حُِٔي؟‬
ٖٓ ‫ي‬٣ِٓ ‫ال ططَف‬ٝ ،َ‫ ُِوظ‬٢ٓ‫ أكظق حُزخد حألٓخ‬،ً‫ش طزخكخ‬٤ٗ‫ حُؼخ‬٢‫ ك‬،ْ‫ ػ‬،ٕ‫رخ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫أٗط‬
. "ٕ٥‫ذ ح‬ًٛ‫ ح‬،‫حألٓجِش‬
When he was gone, I told Sapt and Fritz about my plan. It was our only
chance to save the King. Sapt would take some men to the front door of the mansion.
When Johann opened the door, they would quickly enter and tie up the servants if
they did not want to help the King. At the same time Madame de Mauban would cry
out for help from her room. The Duke would surely come to see what was happening,
and we could take him. Then there would only be two men left guarding the King, so
we would need to move quickly before they hurt him.

ً‫يس إلٗوخ‬٤‫ك‬ُٞ‫خ كَطظ٘خ ح‬ٜٗ‫ أ‬.٢‫ظِ ػٖ هطظ‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ حهزَص ػخرض‬،‫ رخالٗظَحف‬ُٚ ‫ػ٘يٓخ ٓٔلض‬
،‫خٕ حُزخد‬ٛٞ‫لظق ؿ‬٣ ‫ ػ٘يٓخ‬.َ‫ ُِوظ‬٢ٓ‫ حُزخد حألٓخ‬٠ُ‫ؤهٌ ػخرض رؼغ حَُؿخٍ ا‬٤ٓ .‫حُِٔي‬
‫ف طظَم‬ٞٓ ٚٔ‫هض ٗل‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٢‫ك‬ٝ .‫ح ٓٔخػيس حُِٔي‬ٝ‫ي‬٣َ٣ ُْ ‫ٕ حُويّ اًح‬ٞ‫َرط‬٣ٝ ‫ٕ رَٔػش‬ِٞ‫يه‬٤ٓ
،‫ليع‬٣ ‫ي ُٔؼَكش ٓخ‬٤ً‫م رخُظؤ‬ٝ‫ حُي‬٢‫ؤط‬٤ٓ .‫ ٓٔخػيس‬٠ِ‫ٍ ػ‬ٞ‫خ ُِلظ‬ٜ‫رخٕ ٖٓ ؿَكظ‬ٞٓ ١‫ٓيحّ ى‬
‫٘خ‬٤ِ‫خ ػ‬ٛ‫ػ٘ي‬ٝ ،‫ كَحٓش حُِٔي‬٠‫ ٍؿالٕ ك‬ٟٞٓ ‫٘خى‬ٛ ٠‫زو‬٣ ُٖ ْ‫ٖٓ ػ‬ٝ .ٌٙ‫ٌٔ٘٘خ إٔ ٗؤه‬٣ ‫خ‬ٛ‫ػ٘ي‬ٝ
. ًٙٝ‫ئ‬٣ ٕ‫إٔ ٗظلَى رَٔػش هزَ أ‬

Meanwhile, the house at Tarlenheim was to be filled with lights and music so
that people believed we were having a ball. Marshal Strakencz would guard the
house and the Princess and if, the next day, we had not returned, he would then
march to the castle and ask to see the King at once. If the King was not there, he
would quickly take Princess Flavia back to the capital where she would become
Queen.

ٕ‫ؼظوي حُ٘خّ أ‬٣ ٠ٌُ ٠‫و‬٤ُٓٞٔ‫ح‬ٝ ‫حء‬ٞ‫ْ رخألػ‬٤ٜ٘٤ٍُ‫ طخ‬٢‫ُٔأل حٍُِٔ٘ ك‬٣ ٕ‫ـذ ح‬٣ ،ٚٔ‫هض ٗل‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٢‫ك‬ٝ
ّٞ٤ُ‫ ح‬٢‫ ك‬،‫ى‬ٞ‫اًح ُْ ٗؼ‬ٝ ‫َس‬٤ٓ‫حأل‬ٝ ٍُِ٘ٔ‫ٌِ٘ رلَحٓش ح‬٤ً‫ّ حُٔخٍشخٍ ٓظَح‬ٞ‫و‬٤ٓ .‫٘خى كلِش‬ٛ
‫ٌٖ حُِٔي‬٣ ُْ ‫اًح‬ٝ .ٍ‫ حُلخ‬٢‫ حُِٔي ك‬َٟ٣ ٕ‫طِذ ح‬٣ٝ ‫ حُوِؼش‬٠ُ‫ش ا‬٤‫َ رخُـ‬٤ٔ٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ،٢ُ‫حُظخ‬
.‫غ ٓظظزق ٌِٓش‬٤‫ حُؼخطٔش ك‬٠ُ‫خ ا‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ؼخ ً رخأل‬٣َٓ ‫ى‬ٞ‫ؼ‬٣ ٕ‫ أ‬ٚ٤ِ‫ كؼ‬،‫٘خى‬ٛ

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 86 Mohamed Morsi

 So that night, at midnight, Sapt took his men to the mansion. I rode alone a
different way to the castle, with clothes to keep me warm, weapons and a rope. Half
an hour later, I was back by the moat. I left my horse and gun in some trees, tied
some rope to another tree and climbed down into the water once more. I swam back
to the pipe below the window, but now the pipe was fastened to the wall and no light
showed. I looked up at the mansion and saw that the lights were on in the windows to
the Duke's and Madame de Mauban's rooms.

‫ن ٓوظِق‬٣َ‫ ؽ‬٠‫ ك‬ٟ‫كي‬ٝ ‫ حٗطِوض‬.َ‫ حُوظ‬٠ُ‫ ا‬ُٚ‫ أهٌ ػخرض ٍؿخ‬،َ٤ُِ‫ ٓ٘ظظق ح‬٢‫ ك‬،‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ طِي ح‬،‫ٌُح‬
ٍ‫ح‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬٠ُ‫رؼي ٗظق ٓخػش ػيص ح‬ٝ .َ‫كز‬ٝ ‫ أِٓلش‬٠‫ٓؼ‬ٝ ،ً‫ ىحكجخ‬٠٘٤‫خ ً ٓالرْ طزو‬٣‫ َٓطي‬،‫ُِوِؼش‬
،َٟ‫ شـَس أه‬٠‫ٍرؾ رؼغ حُلزَ ك‬ٝ ،ٍ‫ٖ رؼغ حألشـخ‬٤‫ ر‬٠‫ظ‬٤‫ر٘يه‬ٝ ٠ٗ‫ طًَض كظخ‬.‫حُو٘يم‬
ْ‫ٕ ط‬٥‫ٌُٖ ح‬ٝ ،‫ٍس أٓلَ حُ٘خكٌس‬ٞٓ‫ حُٔخ‬٠ُ‫ ا‬َٟ‫ ٓزلض َٓس أه‬.َٟ‫ حُٔخء َٓس أه‬٢‫هلِص ك‬ٝ
‫حء ًخٗض‬ٞ‫ض إٔ حألػ‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ َ‫ حُوظ‬٠ُ‫ ٗظَص ا‬.‫ء‬ٞ‫ ػ‬١‫َ أ‬ٜ‫ظ‬٣ ُْٝ ٍ‫ حُـيح‬٠ِ‫ٍس ػ‬ٞٓ‫ض حُٔخ‬٤‫طؼز‬
.ٕ‫رخ‬ٞٓ ١‫ٓيحّ ى‬ٝ ‫م‬ٝ‫ حُي‬٠‫حكٌ ؿَكظ‬ٞٗ ٠‫ٓؼخءس ك‬
Then I heard voices and I saw Rupert walk towards the castle onto the
drawbridge with De Gautet. "Let's go across before they lift the drawbridge for the
night," Rupert said. They walked across and shortly after, the bridge went up. A few
minutes later, Rupert returned alone. He looked around him and then quietly
climbed down some hidden steps to the moat and swam across. Then he climbed
some steps opposite and disappeared back into the mansion. What was he doing? It
seemed that I was not the only one who had a plan for that dark, warm night.

ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ .‫ض‬٤‫ط‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬١‫ حُـَٔ حُٔظلَى ٓغ ى‬٠ِ‫ حُوِؼش ػ‬ٞ‫َ ٗل‬٤ٔ٣ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫ض‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ ً ‫حطخ‬ٞ‫ ٓٔؼض أط‬،ْ‫ػ‬
‫رؼي كظَس‬ٝ ،َٔ‫ح حُـ‬َٝ‫ ػز‬."‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ ح‬ٌُٜٙ ‫ح حُـَٔ حُٔظلَى‬ٞ‫ "ىػ٘خ ٗؼزَ هزَ إٔ طَكؼ‬:‫رَص‬ٍٝ
‫ رؼغ‬٠ِ‫ء ٍِٗ ػ‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ ػْ ر‬ُٚٞ‫ ٗظَ ك‬.ٙ‫كي‬ٝ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫رؼي رؼغ ىهخثن ػخى‬ٝ .َٔ‫ ٍُكغ حُـ‬،‫ِس‬٤‫ؿ‬ٝ
َٟ‫ َٓس أه‬٠‫حهظل‬ٝ ‫ ػْ طِٔن رؼغ حُٔالُْ حُٔوخرِش‬.َٙ‫ٓزق ػز‬ٝ ‫ حُو٘يم‬٠ُ‫ش ا‬٤‫حُٔالُْ حُول‬
‫ِش حُٔظِٔش‬٤ُِ‫ هطش ُظِي ح‬ٚ٣‫ ُي‬١ٌُ‫ي ح‬٤‫ك‬ُٞ‫ ُْ أًٖ ح‬٠٘ٗ‫ أ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ ‫لؼَ؟‬٣ ٕ‫ ٓخًح ًخ‬.َ‫ىحهَ حُوظ‬
.‫حُيحكجش‬

Questions with model Answers

1) What three pieces of news arrived at Tarlenheim?
a) The people of Strelsau heard that the king was injured while hunting.
b) The Duke thought the king was badly injured, but he knew one of his men
injured him.
c) The princess ordered Marshal Strakencz to take her to Tarlenheim to see
the King.
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2) Why did Rassendyll and the others go to the castle at night?
They wanted to see it so that they could make plans to rescue the King.
3) Why did Rassendyll kill Max Holf?
He was guarding the king's prison. Rassendyll killed him because this was a
war for the king's life and Max was working for the enemy.
4) Why did the seven gentlemen go with Rassendyll, Sapt and Fritz to the
castle? What did they do?
They went to protect the horses and the others in case the Duke's men attacked.
They fought with the Duke's men and three of them were killed.
5) Who got killed in the fight in the woods? Who got away?
Two of the Duke's six men got killed. Three of Rassendyll's men got killed,
too. Rupert Hentzau escaped.
6) Why were Rassendyll's bags found at a train station near Zenda?
Rassendyll had sent the bags to the station on the morning of the day he met
the king in the woods. He never went to the station to get them because he was
pretending to be the king.
7) Why was the Chief of Police looking for Rassendyll?
Because he had disappeared. His family had not heard from him. The British
ambassador had reported Rassendyll missing.
8) Rassendyll had met Rupert while they were out riding. What plan did
Rupert offer to Rassendyll ?
He offered to help him attack the castle but Sapt, Frits, Michael and the king
must all die. Then Rassendyll could stay as king and Rupert would be given
the reward (money).
9) Why was Antoinette de Mauban being kept as a prisoner of the Duke?
The Duke discovered that she had helped Rassendyll in the summer house, so
he couldn't trust her.
10) A doctor had been brought to see the real king in his prison. Why
couldn't Duke Michael let the doctor leave?
Because the doctor would tell the people that the king was a prisoner.

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11) Why did Rassendyll ask Antoinette de Mauban to cry out for help at two
o'clock in the morning?
So that the Duke would go to help her. AT the same time, Johann would open
the front door to let in Sapt and Fritz with their men.
12) Why did Rupert Hentzau swim across the moat to go back to the
mansion? Why didn't he use the drawbridge?
The drawbridge had been pulled up for the night. He was doing something
secret so he didn't use the bridge.

13) Why did Princess Flavia go to Tarlenheim?

She went to see the king (Rassendyll) as she heard that he had been injured.
14) Who was the Chief of Police looking for?
He was looking for a missing Englishman (Rassendyll).
15) Why couldn't Rassendyll. Sapt and Frits wait any longer to save the
king?
Johann told them that the king was looking weak and ill, so they couldn't wait
any longer or he would surely die.
16) Why did Duke Michael and Rassendyll act out a war?
They acted out a war for the life of the king.
17) How many people knew about the war between Michael and
Rassendyll?
Just a few people knew about it.
18) Why did Sapt tie a rope to a tree?
So that Rassendyll could use the rope to climb down into the water (the moat).

19) Why couldn't anyone see Rassendyll near the castle?

It was so dark that nobody could see him.
20) Why did Rassendyll and the others go home with heavy hearts?
Because three of Rassendyll's men were killed by Michael's men.

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21) What did the British ambassador report to the police?
He reported that an English man called Rassendyll had disappeared near the
town of Zenda.
22) Who did George feathery think Rassendyll was traveling with?
He thought Rassendyll was traveling with Antoinette de Mauban.

23) What did Rassendyll tell the Chief of Police to do so that the game of
replacing the king wouldn't be discovered?
He told him to return in two weeks and he would tell him what he had found.

24) Why did Rupert Hentzau feel safe enough to ride out on his horse?
Because the Chief of Police was at Zenda investigating the disappearance of
Rudolf Rassendyll, so Rupert knew there could be no more fighting around the
castle.

25) What did Rudolf Rassendyll ask Rupert Hentzau to do when they met
near the castle of Zenda?
He asked him to let the king go free and stop working for Michael.

26) What did Rupert Hentzau think of Michael?

He thought that Michael was not a good man. Michael made him angry and
Rupert nearly killed him.

27) How did the king's absence from Strelsau affect the people there?
The people in Strelsau didn't like the fact that the king had been away from
them for so long.

28) How did the people in Strelsau react when Rassendyll and Flavia
arranged a date for their wedding?
They were very happy.

29) What was Michael's reaction when he heard that Rassendyll and
Flavia arranged a date for their wedding?
He was very furious (angry).

30) Why did Duke Michael ask for a doctor?

Because the king became so ill.

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31) What did the doctor advise Duke Michael to do?
He asked him to set the king free at once.

32) Who was guarding the king at the castle?

Two of Michael's six men were guarding him.

33) Who was helping the doctor to look after the king at the castle?
Antoinette de Mauban.

34) Why did Rassendyll and his men pay Johann well?
They paid him well to go back to the castle and act as their spy.

35) What did Rassendyll promise to give Johann if he did what he was
asked to do?
He promised to give him fifty thousand pieces of gold.

36) Did the new servants at the castle know that the king was a prisoner
there?
No they didn't.

37) What would the new servants at the castle think if the saw Rassendyll?
They would think that he was the king.

38) What exactly was Johann asked to do?

He was asked to give a letter from Rassendyll to Antoinette de Mauban and
open the front door to the mansion at 2 o'clock in the morning.

39) What was Rassendyll's plan to break into the castle and rescue the
king?
Sapt would take some men to the front door of the mansion. When Johan
opened the door, they would quickly enter and tie up the servants if they didn't
want to help the King. At the same time, Antoinette would cry out for help.
The Duke would come to see what was happening. They would kill him. Then
they would go to the King's room and rescue him.

40) Why was the house at Tarlenheim filled with lights and music?
So that people believed that Rassendyll and his men were having a ball.

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 Chapter 8
It was cold waiting in the water of the moat, so when Rupert disappeared into the
mansion, I slowly climbed out and waited by the drawbridge gate next to the castle.
Now only Detchard, Bersonin and De Gautet were left to protect the King in his
prison. If only I had the keys to the King's room, but I knew I had to be patient.

‫ هلِص‬،َ‫رَص ىحهَ حُوظ‬ٍٝ ٠‫ٌُُي ػ٘يٓخ حهظل‬ٝ ،‫ حُو٘يم‬ٙ‫خ‬٤ٓ ٢‫ رخٍىح ً حػ٘خء حٗظظخٍٗخ ك‬ٞ‫ًخٕ حُـ‬
‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ ى‬٠‫ٕ كوؾ رو‬٥‫ ح‬،‫حٍ حُوِؼش‬ٞ‫حرش حُـَٔ حُٔظلَى رـ‬ٞ‫حٍ ر‬ٞ‫حٗظظَص رـ‬ٝ ‫ُِوخٍؽ رزؾء‬
٠ٌُ٘ٝ ،‫ق ؿَكش حُِٔي‬٤‫ ٓلخط‬٠‫ ًخٕ ٓؼ‬ُٞ ‫ض‬٤٘ٔ‫ ط‬،ٚ٘‫ ٓـ‬٢‫ش حُِٔي ك‬٣‫ض ُلٔخ‬٤‫ط‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬١‫ ى‬ٝ ٖ٤َٗٞٓ٤‫ر‬ٝ
.َ‫ رخُظز‬٢ِ‫ حُظل‬٢ِ‫ـذ ػ‬٣ ٚٗ‫ً٘ض أػِْ أ‬
It was a quiet night and it was about one o'clock in the morning when there
was a loud noise from the mansion. I looked up at one of the windows and saw a
shadow walk across the light. A woman's voice cried, "Help! Michael, help me!" It
was Antoinette de Mauban. This was exactly what I had asked her to say in my
message to her, but it was around an hour too early, before my friends had reached
the front door to the mansion, and before Johann had time to open it. I pulled out my
sword and stood ready for what might happen. Then I heard her calling again.
"Help, Michael! It's Rupert Hentzau!" called Antoinette.
ٖٓ ‫ؾ َٓطلغ‬٤‫٘خى ػـ‬ٛ ٕ‫ حُظزخف ػ٘يٓخ ًخ‬٢‫حكيس ك‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٢ُ‫ح‬ٞ‫ًخٗض حُٔخػش ك‬ٝ ،‫خىثش‬ٛ ‫ِش‬٤ُ ‫ُوي ًخٗض‬
‫طخكض‬ٝ ,‫ء‬ٞ‫ حألهيحّ ػزَ حُؼ‬٠ِ‫َ ػ‬٤ٔ٣ ٕ‫ض ظَ اٗٔخ‬٣‫ٍأ‬ٝ ،ٌ‫حك‬ُٞ٘‫ أكي ح‬٢‫ ك‬٠ِ‫ أػ‬٠ُ‫ ٗظَص ا‬،َ‫حُوظ‬
‫ٌح رخُؼزؾ ٓخ هي ؽِزض‬ٛ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ .ٕ‫رخ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ٌَ!" ُوي ًخٗض أٗط‬٣‫خ ٓخ‬٣ ٢ٗ‫ "حُ٘ـيس! ٓخػي‬: ‫آَأس‬
٠ُ‫ ا‬٢‫ظَ أطيهخث‬٣ ٕ‫ًخٕ هزَ أ‬ٝ ،‫ ٓخػش‬ٞ‫ ًخٕ ٓزٌَح ً ؿيح ً ُ٘ل‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ،‫خ‬ُٜ ٢‫ ٍٓخُظ‬٢‫ ك‬ُٚٞ‫خ إٔ طو‬ٜ٘ٓ
‫زش‬ُٛ‫ أ‬٠ِ‫هلض ػ‬ٝٝ ،٠‫ل‬٤ٓ ‫ ٓلزض‬.ٚ‫خٕ ُلظل‬ٛٞ‫هض ُـ‬ُٞ‫ٖ ح‬٤‫ل‬٣ ٕ‫هزَ أ‬ٝ ،َ‫ ُِوظ‬٢ٓ‫حُزخد حألٓخ‬
‫رَص‬ٍٝ ٚٗ‫ٌَ! ا‬٣‫خ ٓخ‬٣ ٠ٗ‫ "ٓخػي‬:ً‫ هخثِش‬َٟ‫ َٓس أه‬ٟ‫خ ط٘خى‬ٜ‫ ػْ ٓٔؼظ‬.‫ليع‬٣ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ أ‬٣ ‫حالٓظؼيحى ُٔخ‬
"!ِٝ‫٘ظ‬٤ٛ
Michael must have heard Antoinette de Mauban call out, because I then
heard him running to help her with his servants. There was now a loud argument.
"This woman's been writing secret letters to Rassendyll!" I heard Rupert call out.
"She needs to be punished!" "She's my guest," I heard Michael say. "It's you who
needs to be punished!" There was a shout and a noisy sword fight began in the room.
It was hard to see what was happening, but briefly I saw Rupert and Johann through
the window. "That's for you, Johann!" Rupert called, striking his sword at him. "I
know you're Rassendyll's spy!" What had happened to Johann? What if he had been
hurt? How could he open the door for our men? From the noises in the room, it
seemed that Rupert was now fighting many men. Surely he would be caught.
However, at the next moment, there was a loud cry and Rupert jumped out of the
window and down into the moat below, where he swam away. Somehow, he had
escaped.

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ٝ ٞٛ ‫خ‬ٜ‫ ُٔٔخػيط‬َٟ‫ـ‬٣ ‫ رؼي ًُي‬ٚ‫ ٓٔؼظ‬٠٘ٗ‫ أل‬،‫غ‬٤‫رخٕ طٔظـ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ٌَ ٓٔغ أٗط‬٣‫الري إٔ ٓخ‬
٠ُ‫ش ا‬٣َٓ َ‫ حَُٔأس ًظزض ٍٓخث‬ٌٙٛ" :ٍٞ‫و‬٣ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫ ٓٔؼض‬،ٍٍ ‫ص ػخ‬ ٍ ٞ‫٘خى ؿيحٍ رظ‬ٛ ٕ‫ٕ ًخ‬٥‫ح‬ٝ ،ٚٓ‫هيح‬
"!‫ ٓؼخهزش‬٠ُ‫لظخؽ ا‬٣ ٖٓ ٞٛ ‫أٗض‬ٝ ،٠‫لظ‬٤‫خ ػ‬ٜٗ‫ "ا‬:ٍٞ‫و‬٣ ٌَ٣‫ٓٔؼض ٓخ‬ٝ "!‫خ‬ٜ‫ـذ ٓؼخهزظ‬٣ !َ٣‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ٍح‬
‫ٌُٖ كوؾ‬ٝ ،‫ليع‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬ٍٟ‫ ًخٕ ٖٓ حُظؼذ إٔ أ‬.‫ حُـَكش‬٢‫ق ك‬٤ُٔ‫ريأ هظخٍ طخهذ رخ‬ٝ ‫٘خى طَحم‬ٛ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ
‫ف‬ِٞ٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ، "!ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫خ ؿ‬٣ ،‫ٌح ُي‬ٛ" :ً‫رَص هخثال‬ٍٝ ‫طخف‬ٝ .‫خٕ ٖٓ هالٍ حُ٘خكٌس‬ٛٞ‫ؿ‬ٝ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫ض‬٣‫ٍأ‬
‫ذ‬٤‫ أط‬ٚٗ‫ أ‬ُٞ ‫خٕ؟ ٓخًح‬ٛٞ‫َ!" ٓخًح كيع ُـ‬٣‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ّ َُح‬ٞٓ‫ "كؤٗخ أػِْ أٗي ً٘ض ؿخ‬.ٜٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٢‫ ك‬ٚ‫ل‬٤ٔ‫ر‬
ٕ٥‫وخطَ ح‬٣ ٕ‫رَص ًخ‬ٍٝ ٕ‫ أ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ ‫ؾ ىحهَ حُـَكش‬٤‫ظٌٖٔ ٖٓ كظق حُزخد َُؿخُ٘خ؟ ٖٓ حُؼـ‬٤ٓ ‫ق‬٤ً ‫؟‬ًٟ‫رؤ‬
‫٘خى‬ٛ ٕ‫ ًخ‬،‫ش‬٤ُ‫ حُِلظش حُظخ‬٢‫ ك‬،‫ٓغ ًُي‬ٝ .ٚ٤ِ‫ظْ حُوزغ ػ‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ٚٗ‫ٖٓ حُٔئًي أ‬ٝ .ٍ‫َ ٖٓ حَُؿخ‬٤‫ًؼ‬
‫و ٍش‬٣َ‫رط‬ٝ .ً‫يح‬٤‫ ٓزق رؼ‬ٚٗ‫غ أ‬٤‫ ك‬،ٙ‫ حُو٘يم أىٗخ‬٠ُ‫ أٓلَ ا‬٠ُ‫رَص ٖٓ حُ٘خكٌس ػْ ا‬ٍٝ ِ‫هل‬ٝ ‫ش‬٣ٝ‫طَهش ٓي‬
.‫َد‬ٛ ،‫ٓخ‬

A minute later, De Gautet appeared in front of me, so I struck him with my

sword and he fell to the ground. Quickly I looked through his clothes for the keys:
there were three. At last I could enter the room where the King was being kept
prisoner. Opening the first door, I found myself at the top of some steps which led
into a cold, dark room. The only light came from a small candle in one comer. As I
walked down the steps, I could just hear voices coming from the room where the
King was kept, behind a second door. Carefully walking towards the door, I stepped
back quickly when it was suddenly opened. Now I could hear Detchard speaking:
"We mustn't kill him yet or there'll be trouble." When a person appeared, I struck
him with my sword. It was Bersonin, who fell heavily to the ground.

‫رَٔػش‬ٝ ،ً‫ظخ‬٤ٓ ‫ حألٍع‬٠ِ‫ كٔوؾ ػ‬،٠‫ل‬٤ٔ‫ ر‬ٚ‫ ٌُُي ػَرظ‬،٢ٓ‫ض أٓخ‬٤‫ط‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬١‫َ ى‬ٜ‫حكيس ظ‬ٝ ‫وش‬٤‫رؼي ىه‬ٝ
ٕ‫غ ًخ‬٤‫ إٔ أىهَ حُـَكش ك‬٠ٌ٘٘ٔ٣ ً ‫َح‬٤‫ أه‬.‫ق‬٤‫٘خى ػالػش ٓلخط‬ٛ ٕ‫ ًخ‬:‫ق‬٤‫ ألؿي حُٔلخط‬ٚٔ‫ ٓالر‬٠‫رلؼض ك‬
‫ ٖٓ رؼغ‬١ِٞ‫ حُـِء حُؼ‬٢‫ ك‬٢ٔ‫ؿيص ٗل‬ٝ ،ٍٝ‫ ػ٘يٓخ كظلض حُزخد حأل‬.ٖ٤‫ حالكظلخظ رخُِٔي حُٔـ‬١َ‫ـ‬٣
٢‫َس ك‬٤‫ي ًخٕ هخىٓخ ً ٖٓ شٔؼش طـ‬٤‫ك‬ُٞ‫ء ح‬ٞ‫ حُؼ‬.‫رخٍىس‬ٝ ‫ ؿَكش ٓظِٔش‬٠ُ‫ ا‬ٟ‫ ًخٗض طئى‬٢‫حُٔالُْ حُظ‬
ٕٞ‫لظلظ‬٣ ‫غ‬٤‫حص هخىٓش ٖٓ حُـَكش ك‬ٞ‫ ً٘ض كوؾ أٓٔغ أط‬،ُْ‫ حُٔال‬٠ِ‫٘ٔخ ً٘ض حٍِٗ ػ‬٤‫ر‬ٝ .‫خ‬٣‫ح‬ُِٝ‫أكي ح‬
ٚ‫ص ُِوِق رَٔػش ػ٘يٓخ طْ كظل‬ٞ‫ َهط‬،‫ حُزخد‬ٞ‫ش ٗل‬٣‫ رؼ٘خ‬٢‫٘ٔخ ً٘ض أٓش‬٤‫ر‬ٝ .٢ٗ‫ هِق رخد ػخ‬،‫رخُِٔي‬
‫٘خى‬ٛ ٌٕٞ‫ف ط‬ٞٓ ‫اال‬ٝ ٕ٥‫ ح‬ِٚ‫ـذ إٔ ٗوظ‬٣ ‫ "ال‬:‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫غ ى‬٣‫ كي‬٠ُ‫ٕ طٌٔ٘ض ٖٓ حالٓظٔخع ا‬٥‫ح‬ٝ .‫كـؤس‬
‫ حألٍع‬٠ِ‫ ٓوؾ ػ‬١ٌُ‫ح‬ٝ ،ٖ٤َٗٞٓ٤‫ ُوي ًخٕ ر‬.٠‫ل‬٤ٔ‫ ر‬ٚ‫َ شوض خهَ كؼَرظ‬ٜ‫خ ظ‬ٛ‫ػ٘ي‬ٝ ."‫ٓشٌِش‬
.‫كـؤس‬

Understanding there was danger, Detchard closed the door fast: now surely
he was alone in the room with the King and, remembering their plan, I knew the
King was in real danger. Taking one of the keys, I quickly unlocked the door to the
second room and opened it nervously. I think I expected to see the King had already
been killed, but once inside the room I was relieved to see that Detchard was being
held by the King's doctor. The King, weak from illness and chained in one comer,
looked on in fear. The doctor was too weak to hold Detchard for long, and before I
could help him, Detchard broke free and killed the poor doctor with his sword.
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‫ حُـَكش ٓغ‬٢‫ ك‬ٙ‫كي‬ٝ ٞٛ ٕ‫ي ًخ‬٤ً‫ٕ رخُظّؤ‬٥‫ ح‬:ً‫ؼخ‬٣َٓ ‫ أؿِن حُزخد‬،َ‫٘خى هط‬ٛ ٕ‫ظشخٍى أ‬٣‫ػ٘يٓخ أىٍى ى‬
‫ؼخ‬٣َٓٝ ‫ق‬٤‫حكيح ً ٖٓ حُٔلخط‬ٝ ‫ أهٌص‬.٠‫و‬٤‫ هطَ كو‬٢‫ كؼَكض إٔ حُِٔي ًخٕ ك‬،ْٜ‫طًٌَّص أٗخ هطظ‬ٝ ‫حُِٔي‬
‫ٌُٖ ػ٘يٓخ‬ٝ َ‫ حُِٔي ًخٕ هي هُظَ رخُلؼ‬ٍٟ‫هّؼض إٔ أ‬ٞ‫ ط‬٠٘ٗ‫ أػظوي أ‬.‫ش‬٤‫ش رؼظز‬٤ٗ‫كظلض رخد حُـَكش حُؼخ‬
‫ ًخٕ حُِٔي‬.‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ٔٔي ري‬٣ ‫ذ حُِٔي‬٤‫ؿيص ؽز‬ٝ ‫خف ػ٘يٓخ‬٤‫ٍ رخالٍط‬ٞ‫ شؼ‬٠٘‫ىهِض حُـَكش كوي حٗظخر‬
ٕ‫ذ ًخ‬٤‫ٌُٖ حُطز‬ٝ .‫ف‬ٞ‫ ه‬٢‫٘ظَ ك‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ ،‫خ‬٣‫ح‬ُِٝ‫ أكي ح‬٠‫يح ً رخُٔالَٓ ك‬٤‫ًخٕ ٓو‬ٝ ‫لخ ً ٖٓ حَُٔع‬٤‫ػؼ‬
‫ذ‬٤‫هظَ حُطز‬ٝ ‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ كَ ى‬،ٚ‫غ ٓٔخػيط‬٤‫هزَ إٔ حٓظط‬ٝ ،‫ِش‬٣ٞ‫ظشخٍى ُلظَس ؽ‬٣‫ٔٔي ري‬٣ ٕ‫أػؼق ٖٓ أ‬
.ٚ‫ل‬٤ٔ‫ٖ ر‬٤ٌُٔٔ‫ح‬

Detchard turned to me and said, "At last!" I held up my sword and it was
lucky that Detchard did not have a gun. We began to fight. He was a much better
swordsman than me and knew all the tricks: he smiled when he cut me on the arm,
and I would soon have died if the King had not helped me. "My cousin Rudolf!" he
cried, as if he only now realised who I was. He reached forward and pushed the legs
of a chair into Detchard's body. "Push hard!" I called "Push against his legs!"
With the legs of the chair against him, Detchard found it hard to stand up.
This made him angry, and he struck the King hard with his sword, but as he did so,
he fell over the doctor's body. It was easy for me to kill him as he lay on the floor.

ٚ‫ٌٖ ٓؼ‬٣ ُْ ‫ظشخٍى‬٣‫ًخٕ ٖٓ كٖٔ حُلع إٔ ى‬ٝ ٠‫ل‬٤ٓ ‫ كَكؼض‬،"!ً‫َح‬٤‫ "أه‬:ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ٠‫ظ‬٤‫ظشخٍى ٗخك‬٣‫آظيحٍ ى‬
٠‫ ك‬٠٘‫ حرظْٔ ػ٘يٓخ أطخر‬:َ٤‫ؼَف ًَ حُل‬٣ ٜٞ‫َ ك‬٤‫ رٌؼ‬٠٘ٓ َ‫ ًخٕ ٓزخٍُح ً أكؼ‬.َ‫ ريأٗخ ٗظوخط‬.‫ش‬٤‫ر٘يه‬
‫ ًٔخ‬،"!‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ٢ٔ‫ "حرٖ ػ‬:ً‫ طخف هخثال‬ٌُٟ‫ حُِٔي ح‬٠ٗ‫ٔخػي‬٣ ُْ ‫ص اًح‬ُٞٔ‫زخ ً ٖٓ ح‬٣َ‫ً٘ض ه‬ٝ ،٠‫ًٍحػ‬
‫ "اىكغ‬:ٚ‫ظ‬٣‫ ٗخى‬.٠ًَٓ ٠ِ‫ظشخٍى رَؿ‬٣‫ىكغ ؿْٔ ى‬ٝ ،ّ‫ حألٓخ‬٠ُ‫ أٗظوَ ا‬.ًٕٞ‫ٕ كوؾ ٖٓ أ‬٥‫ أىٍى ح‬ٚٗ‫ أ‬ُٞ
ِٚ‫ؿؼ‬ٝ .‫ف‬ٞ‫ه‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٢‫رش ك‬ٞ‫ظشخٍى طؼ‬٣‫ؿي ى‬ٝ ،ٙ‫ ػي‬٠ٌَُٓ‫ ح‬٠ِ‫ى ٍؿ‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ٞ‫ر‬ٝ "!ٚ٤‫ اىكغ ػي ٓخه‬،!‫س‬ٞ‫رو‬
.‫ذ‬٤‫ ؿْٔ حُطز‬٠ِ‫ ٓوؾ ػ‬،‫لؼَ ًُي‬٣ ٕ‫ٌُٖ ػ٘يٓخ ًخ‬ٝ ،ٚ‫ل‬٤ٔ‫ش ر‬٣ٞ‫ كؼَد حُِٔي ػَرش ه‬،‫ٌح ؿخػزخ‬ٛ
.‫ حألٍع‬٠ِ‫َهي ػ‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ٚٗ‫ أل‬ِٚ‫ إٔ أهظ‬٢ُ َُٜٔ‫كٌخٕ ٖٓ ح‬

Was the King dead too? I ran to where he lay. How happy I was when the
King moaned, so I knew he was alive. but before I could help him I heard Rupert
somewhere outside the King's prison calling out, "Come on, Michael! Let's fight!"
I tore a piece from my shirt to make a bandage for the cut on my arm, and
quietly opening the prison door, I looked out. The drawbridge was now down once
more. Rupert stood in the middle of the bridge with his sword, while the door to the
mansion at the other end of the drawbridge was guarded by some very frightened-
looking servants, as well as Johann, who I was pleased to see was unhurt. Then
Antoinette de Mauban angrily called out from behind the servants, "The Duke's
dead, you've already killed him!" "Dead!" called Rupert. "That's good. Then I'm
your leader now. Put down your weapons and do as I say."

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 94 Mohamed Morsi

 ٕ‫ ًخ‬ٚٗ‫ كؼِٔض أ‬،‫ حُِٔي‬ٙٝ‫ ػ٘يٓخ طؤ‬٠‫ ًْ ًخٕ ٓؼخىط‬.‫َهي‬٣ ٕ‫غ ًخ‬٤‫ ك‬٠ُ‫ض ا‬٣َ‫ؼخً؟ ؿ‬٣‫َ ٓخص حُِٔي أ‬ٛ
‫ ٌٓخٕ ٓخ هخٍؽ ٓـٖ حُِٔي‬٢‫رَص ك‬ٍٝ ‫ ٓٔؼض‬ٚ‫ٌُٖ هزَ إٔ أطٌٖٔ ٖٓ ٓٔخػيط‬ٝ .‫خس‬٤‫ي حُل‬٤‫ ه‬٠ِ‫ػ‬
‫ حػَٔ ػٔخىس‬٠ٌُ ٠‫ظ‬٤ٔ‫ن هطؼش ٖٓ ه‬٣ِٔ‫ٌَ! ىػ٘خ ٗظوخطَ!" هٔض رظ‬٣‫خ ٓخ‬٣ ،‫خ‬٤ٛ" :ً‫ هخثال‬١‫٘خى‬٣
‫ ًخٕ حُـَٔ حُٔظلَى‬.‫ٗظَص ُِوخٍؽ‬ٝ ،‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫كظلض رخد حُٔـٖ ر‬ٝ ،٢‫ ًٍحػ‬٠‫ ًخٗض ك‬٠‫ُ إلطخرش حُظ‬
٠ُ‫ ح‬ٟ‫٘ٔخ ًخٕ حُزخد حُٔئى‬٤‫ ر‬،ٚ‫ل‬٤ٔ‫ ٓ٘ظظق حُـَٔ ر‬٢‫وق ك‬٣ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.َٟ‫ػخ ً َٓس أه‬ٞ‫ػ‬ٞٓ ٕ٥‫ح‬
،ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫ًٌُي ؿ‬ٝ ،‫ْ حَُػذ‬ٜ٤ِ‫ ػ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣ ّ‫ رؼغ حُوي‬َٚٓ‫ل‬٣ ‫هَ ٖٓ حُـَٔ حُٔظلَى‬٥‫ حُـخٗذ ح‬٢‫حُوظَ ك‬
ٖٓ ً‫رخٕ ؿخػزش‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ ػْ طخكض أٗط‬.ًٟ‫ظذ رؤ‬٣ ُْٝ ٙ‫ إٔ أٍح‬١ٍَٝٓ ٢‫حػ‬ٝ‫ ًخٕ ٖٓ ى‬ٌُٟ‫ح‬
ً ‫ اًح‬،‫ي‬٤‫ٌح أَٓ ؿ‬ٛ ،!‫ٖ ٓخص‬٤ُٞ‫ "طو‬:‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫ رخُلؼَ!" كظخف‬ٚ‫ ُوي هظِظ‬،‫م‬ٝ‫ "ُوي ٓخص حُي‬:ّ‫ٍحء حُويح‬ٝ
"ٍٞ‫ح ٓخ أه‬ِٞ‫حكؼ‬ٝ ٌْ‫ح أِٓلظ‬ٞ‫ ػؼ‬،ٕ٥‫ٌْٔ ح‬٤‫أٗخ ُػ‬

Instead of putting down their weapons, however, the servants allowed

Antoinette de Mauban to walk onto the bridge, and she was pointing a gun at Rupert.
But before she had time to shoot – if, indeed, she planned to – Rupert once again
jumped quickly into the water below the bridge.
More loud voices were heard and I realised that Sapt and his men must have
finally arrived at the front door, on the other side of the mansion. Feeling confident
that the King would be safe, I ran after Rupert and also jumped into the water. He
swam faster than I could with my wounded arm, and he quickly swam to where the
rope was tied to the tree above the moat. He looked surprised but pleased to see the
rope and quickly climbed up. I was, perhaps, a minute behind him and once at the
top of the rope, I could see him running off into the forest. At one stage I saw him
look back at me. I thought I saw him waving, as if it were a game, as if he knew I
would never catch him.

٠ِ‫َ ػ‬٤ُٔ‫رخٕ رخ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ رخُٔٔخف ألٗط‬،‫ رخَُؿْ ٖٓ ًُي‬،ّ‫ْ هخّ حُوي‬ٜ‫ػغ أِٓلظ‬ٝ ٖٓ ً‫ريال‬
٢‫ ك‬،‫هض ُظطِن حُ٘خٍ – اًح ًخٗض‬ُٞ‫ٖ ح‬٤‫ل‬٣ ٕ‫ٌُٖ هزَ أ‬ٝ .‫رَص‬ٍٝ ٙ‫ش طـخ‬٤‫د رز٘يه‬ٞ‫ًخٗض طظ‬ٝ ،َٔ‫حُـ‬
،َ‫حص أًؼ‬ٞ‫ ٓٔؼض أط‬.َٔ‫ حُٔخء طلض حُـ‬٢‫ رَٔػش ك‬َٟ‫رَص َٓس أه‬ٍٝ ِ‫ طؼظِّ ًُي – هل‬،‫حهغ‬ُٞ‫ح‬
‫ شؼَص رخُؼوش‬.َ‫هَ ٖٓ حُوظ‬٥‫ ُِـخٗذ ح‬٢ٓ‫ حُزخد حألٓخ‬٠ُ‫َح ا‬٤‫ح أه‬ِٞ‫ط‬ٝ ‫ هي‬ُٚ‫ٍؿخ‬ٝ ‫ أىًٍض إٔ ػخرض‬ٝ
‫ٔزق أَٓع ٓٔخ‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.‫ حُٔخء‬٠‫ؼخ ك‬٣‫هلِص أ‬ٝ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫ كًَؼض هِق‬،ٖٓ‫ ٓؤ‬٢‫ إٔ حُِٔي أطزق ك‬٠‫ك‬
‫ ريص‬.‫م حُو٘يم‬ٞ‫ شـَس ك‬٠ُ‫ؽخ ً ا‬ٞ‫غ ًخٕ حُلزَ َٓر‬٤‫ ك‬٠ُ‫رَٔػش ٓزق ا‬ٝ ،٠‫ حُـَك‬٢‫ ٓغ ًٍحػ‬٠ٌ٘٘ٔ٣
‫وش‬٤‫ ريه‬ٙ‫ٍحء‬ٝ ،‫ ٍرٔخ‬،‫ً٘ض‬ٝ .٠ِ‫طؼي رَٔػش ألػ‬ٝ َ‫ش حُلز‬٣‫ٍح ً َُإ‬َٝٔٓ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ‫شش‬ٛ‫ حُي‬ٚ٤ِ‫ػ‬
٢‫ك‬ٝ .‫ً رخُلَحٍ ىحهَ حُـخرش‬ِٞ٣ ٙ‫ أٓظطؼض إٔ أٍح‬،َ‫ ٖٓ حُلز‬١ِٞ‫ حُـِء حُؼ‬٠ُ‫طِض ح‬ٝ ‫ػ٘يٓخ‬ٝ ،‫حكيس‬ٝ
،‫ ُؼزش‬٠‫ ً٘خ ك‬ُٞ ‫ ًٔخ‬،٠ُ ‫ف‬ِٞ٣ ٚ‫ظ‬٣‫ ٍأ‬٠٘ٗ‫ أظٖ أ‬.٠‫ظ‬٤‫ٍحء ٗخك‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٠ُ‫٘ظَ ا‬٣ ٚ‫ظ‬٣‫ ٍأ‬،َ‫َٓكِش ٖٓ حَُٔحك‬
.ً ‫ أريح‬ٚ‫ ُٖ أٓٔي ر‬٠٘ٗ‫ؼِْ أ‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ُٞ ‫ًٔخ‬

We both ran, further and further into the forest of Zenda, until I heard
another cry. What had Rupert done now? Soon I discovered that he had found a boy
riding to market, and had quickly pulled him from the horse and taken his place.

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 95 Mohamed Morsi

Rupert was trying to get the boy to be quiet by giving him some money, and this gave
me time to catch up with him. "Stop!" I shouted. He looked at me and smiled.
"What did you do at the castle?' he asked. "I made sure that you are the last of the
Six Men," I told him. "Do you mean that you got inside the King's prison?" he asked
with surprise. "I did." "And what's happened to the King?'" "He was hurt, but he's
alive," I told him. "Why didn't you follow my plan?" he said. "We could have
worked well together." "Get off your horse and fight like a man," I said.

ٕ‫َٓػخ‬ٝ ‫ٕ؟‬٥‫رَص ح‬ٍٝ َ‫ ٓخًح كؼ‬.َٟ‫ ٓٔؼض طَهش أه‬٠‫ كظ‬،‫٘يح‬٣ُ ‫ ؿخرش‬٢‫أرؼي ك‬ٝ ‫ًٍغ ًالٗخ أرؼي‬
ٌ‫أه‬ٝ ‫م حُلظخٕ رَٔػش‬ٞ‫ ٖٓ ك‬َٙ‫هي ؿ‬ٝ ،‫م‬ُٞٔ‫ ح‬٠ُ‫خ ً ا‬ٜ‫ًَذ كظخٕ ٓظـ‬٣ ٢‫ؿي طز‬ٝ ٚٗ‫ٓخ حًظشلض أ‬
.ٚ‫هض ُِلخم ر‬ُٞ‫ ح‬٢ٗ‫ٌح أػطخ‬ٛٝ ،ٍ‫ رؼغ حُٔخ‬ٚ‫ ربػطخث‬٢‫يأ حُظز‬ُٜ٣ ٕ‫ٍ أ‬ٝ‫لخ‬٣ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.ٚٗ‫ٌٓخ‬
:ُٚ ‫ هِض‬."‫ حُوِؼش؟‬٢‫ "ٓخًح ً٘ض طلؼَ ك‬:ٍ‫طٔخء‬ٝ .ْٔ‫حرظ‬ٝ ٢ُ َ‫ ٗظ‬."!‫ "هق ٌٓخٗي‬:ً‫طَهض هخثال‬
َ‫ ىحه‬٠ُ‫طِض ح‬ٝ ‫ ًُي أٗي‬٢٘‫ؼ‬٣ َٛ" :‫ كٔؤٍ رخٓظـَحد‬،"‫"ُوي طؤًيص ٖٓ أٗي أٗض خهَ حَُؿخٍ حُٔظش‬
‫ي‬٤‫ ه‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ،‫ذ‬٤‫ "ُوي أط‬:ُٚ ‫ كيع ُِِٔي؟" هِض‬١ٌُ‫ٓخ ح‬ٝ" ."‫ "ٗؼْ كؼِض‬."‫ٓـٖ حُِٔي؟‬
‫م‬ٞ‫ "أٍِٗ ٖٓ ك‬:‫" كوِض‬.‫ي‬٤‫ٌٖٔ إٔ ٗؼَٔ ٓؼخ رشٌَ ؿ‬٣ ٖ‫؟ ٗل‬٠‫ "ُٔخًح ُْ طظزغ هطظ‬:ٍ‫خس" كوخ‬٤‫حُل‬
".َ‫ ًَؿ‬٠ِ٘‫هخط‬ٝ ‫كظخٗي‬

I ran at Rupert with my sword, but still on his horse, he easily pushed me
away with his own sword. I ran at him again and managed to cut his cheek, but now
he rode at me with his sword held high. I would surely have been killed, but at that
moment there was a shout as Fritz arrived on another horse carrying a gun. Rupert
stopped and looked at us. He understood that he could not fight us both, so he turned
the horse and rode away as fast as he could. "Go after him!" I said to Fritz. But Fritz
was looking at me, not at Rupert. "Sir, you don't look well," he said, and I suddenly
felt very weak. Fritz got off his horse and ran up to me as I fell to the ground. "Is the
King safe?" I asked him weakly. "Thanks to you, he is," said Fritz. "But you're
injured. Here, let me help you." Next to us, the young boy looked on with wide eyes.
"Isn't that the King?" he said, pointing at me. Fritz ignored him.

‫ ًٍؼض‬.ٚ‫ل‬٤ٔ‫يح ً ر‬٤‫ُش رؼ‬ٜٞٔ‫ ر‬٢٘‫ كيكؼ‬،ٙ‫حى‬ٞ‫ ؿ‬٠ِ‫ِحٍ ػ‬٣ ‫ ًخٕ ال‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ،٠‫ل‬٤ٔ‫رَص ر‬ٍٝ ‫ش‬٤‫ض ٗخك‬٣َ‫ؿ‬
٠٘ٗ‫ ًخٕ ٖٓ حُٔئًي ح‬.ٚ‫ل‬٤ٓ ً ‫َح‬ٛ‫ شخ‬٠‫ظ‬٤‫ ٗخك‬ٚ‫ٕ حطـ‬٥‫ ح‬ٌُٚ٘ ،ٙ‫طٌٔ٘ض ٖٓ هطغ هي‬ٝ ،َٟ‫ َٓس أه‬ٚٛ‫رخطـخ‬
‫هق‬ٞ‫ ط‬.ً‫لَٔ ٓٔيٓخ‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬ٝ َ‫ كظخٕ خه‬٠ِ‫طَ ػ‬ٝ ‫٘خى طَهش كوي‬ٛ ٕ‫ طِي حُِلظش ًخ‬٢‫ٌُٖ ك‬ٝ ،َ‫ٓؤُهظ‬
‫َد رؤَٓع ٓخ‬ٛٝ ٚٗ‫ٌُُي حٓظيحٍ رلظخ‬ٝ ،ً‫ ٓلخٍرظ٘خ ٓؼخ‬ٌٚ٘ٔ٣ ‫ ال‬ٚٗ‫ْ أ‬ٜ‫هي ك‬ٝ .‫٘خ‬٤ُ‫ٗظَ ا‬ٝ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ
‫ أٗض‬،١‫ي‬٤ٓ" :ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ .‫رَص‬َُٝ ْ٤ُٝ ،٢ُ‫٘ظَ ح‬٣ ٕ‫ظِ ًخ‬٣َ‫ٌُٖ ك‬ٝ ."!ٚ‫ذ هِل‬ًٛ‫ "أ‬:ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ هِض ُل‬.ٌٖٔ٣
‫ كوي ً٘ض‬٠‫ظ‬٤‫ًٍغ ٗخك‬ٝ ٙ‫حى‬ٞ‫ظِ ػٖ ؿ‬٣َ‫ طَؿَ ك‬.ً‫ق ؿيح‬٤‫ ػؼ‬٠٘ٗ‫كـؤس شؼَص أ‬ٝ ، ".َ٤‫ رو‬ٝ‫ال طزي‬
‫ٌُ٘ي ٓظخد‬ٝ .‫ ًٌُي‬ٞٛ ،‫ "رلؼِي‬:ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ هخٍ ك‬."‫ حُِٔي؟‬٠‫َ ٗـ‬ٛ" :‫ رؼؼق‬ٚ‫ ٓؤُظ‬.‫ حألٍع‬٠ِ‫أٓوؾ ػ‬
ً ‫َح‬٤‫هخٍ ٓش‬ٝ .‫حٓؼش‬ٝ ٕٞ٤‫٘خ رؼ‬٤ُ‫٘ظَ ح‬٣ ٢‫ ًخٕ حُظز‬،‫ذ ٓ٘خ‬٣َ‫ه‬ٝ " .‫ إٔ أٓخػيى‬٠ِ‫ حٓٔل‬،‫خ‬٤ٛ .‫ف‬َٝ‫رـ‬
.ِٚٛ‫ظِ طـخ‬٣َ‫ٌُٖ ك‬ٝ ."‫ حُِٔي؟‬ٞٛ ‫ْ ًُي‬٤ُ‫ "أ‬:٢ُ‫ا‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 96 Mohamed Morsi

 After a long rest, I felt strong enough to walk back, leaning heavily on Fritz's
arm. I later learnt from Fritz and Antoinette de Mauban what happened that night
at the castle and the events leading up to it. A few months earlier, the Duke had met
Antoinette de Mauban in Paris and had asked her to Ruritania to see the coronation.
She respected the Duke and was pleased to be his guest. However, some of the Duke's
servants told her servants about the Duke's ambitions to be King. She did not like his
evil plans and decided to warn me of everything he wanted to do.
When the Duke found out that she had warned me in Strelsau, he tricked
Antoinette de Mauban by inviting her and her servants to his castle. Once she was
there, he made sure they could not leave in order to stop her telling anyone about his
plan.

‫ ًٍحع‬٠ِ‫ أٓظ٘يص رشيس ػ‬،ً‫َح‬٤ٓ ‫ى‬ٞ‫ ألػ‬٢‫ٌل‬٣ ‫ أطزلض ٓظٔخٌٓخ ً رٔخ‬٠٘ٗ‫ شؼَص أ‬،‫ِش‬٣ٞ‫رؼي حٓظَحكش ؽ‬ٝ
‫ أىص‬٢‫حألكيحع حُظ‬ٝ ‫ حُوِؼش‬٢‫ِش ك‬٤ُِ‫رخٕ ٓخ كيع طِي ح‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫حٗط‬ٝ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ػِٔض الكوخ ً ٖٓ ك‬.ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ك‬
ٕ‫خ أ‬ٜ٘ٓ ‫ؽِذ‬ٝ ْ٣ٍ‫ رخ‬٢‫رخٕ ك‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫م أٗط‬ٝ‫ هخرَ حُي‬،‫هض ٓخرن‬ٝ ٢‫َ ك‬ٜ‫ ٌٓ٘ رؼؼش أش‬.‫خ‬ٜ٤ُ‫ا‬
‫ٓغ‬ٝ .ٚ٤ِ‫لش ػ‬٤‫ٕ ػ‬ٌٞ‫ إٔ ط‬ٍَٙٝٔٓ ‫ًخٗض‬ٝ ،‫م‬ٝ‫ ًخٗض طلظَّ حُي‬.‫ؾ‬٣ٞ‫ش حُظظ‬٣‫خ َُإ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ٠ُ‫طلؼَ ا‬
ٚ‫ ُْ طوزَ هطط‬.‫ٕ حُِٔي‬ٌٞ٣ ٕ‫ أ‬٠‫م ك‬ٝ‫كخص حُي‬ٞٔ‫خ ػٖ ؽ‬ٜٓ‫ق ُوي‬٣َ‫م رخُظظ‬ٝ‫ هخّ رؼغ هيّ حُي‬،‫ًُي‬
٢‫ٗلٖ ك‬ٝ ٠٘‫خ كٌٍط‬ٜٗ‫م أ‬ٝ‫ػ٘يٓخ حًظشق حُي‬ٝ .َ‫لؼ‬٣ ٕ‫ي أ‬٣َ٣ ‫ ٖٓ ًَ ٓخ‬٠ٌٍٗ‫هٍَص إٔ طل‬ٝ ،‫َس‬٣َ‫حُش‬
‫خ‬ٜٗ‫ طؤًي ٖٓ أ‬،‫٘خى‬ٛ ‫طِض‬ٝ ‫ػ٘يٓخ‬ٝ .َٙ‫ هظ‬٠ُ‫خ ا‬ٜٓ‫هي‬ٝ ‫خ‬ٜ‫ط‬ٞ‫رخٕ ريػ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ هيع أٗط‬،ِٞٔ٣َ‫ٓظ‬
.ٚ‫ شوض ػٖ هطظ‬١‫خ ٖٓ إٔ طوزَ أ‬ٜ‫ٔ٘ؼ‬٣ ٠ٌُ ‫غ حُٔـخىٍس‬٤‫ال طٔظط‬

Luckily, with Johann as our spy, Antoinette was still able to send us letters
and we could use her position in the castle to help us. Somehow, however, Rupert
discovered that she was helping us, so he wanted to punish her; by chance he chose
the very night that we were attacking the castle.
When Michael came to see what was happening, Rupert killed him in the
fight that followed. Rupert, it seemed, believed that without the Duke, I really would
stay as the King and somehow reward him for his evil work. He did not understand
that I was pretending to be the King for the good of Ruritania: he believed I wanted
to be King forever.

‫ آٍخٍ ٍٓخثَ ُ٘خ‬٠ِ‫ض ال طِحٍ هخىٍسً ػ‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫ ًخٗض أٗط‬،‫ّ ُ٘خ‬ٞٓ‫خٕ ًـخ‬ٛٞ‫ى ؿ‬ٞ‫ؿ‬ٝ ‫ ٓغ‬،‫ُلٖٔ حُلع‬
‫خ ًخٗض‬ٜٗ‫رَص ح‬ٍٝ ‫ حًظشق‬،‫وش ٓخ‬٣َ‫رط‬ٝ ،‫ٓغ ًُي‬ٝ .‫ حُوِؼش ُٔٔخػيط٘خ‬٢‫خ ك‬ٜٗ‫ٌٔ٘٘خ حٓظويحّ ٌٓخ‬٣ٝ
‫خ‬ٜ٤‫ هٔ٘خ ٗلٖ ك‬٢‫خ حُظ‬ٜ‫ِش ًحط‬٤ُِ‫ حهظخٍ ح‬ٚٗ‫َ حُظيكش أ‬٤‫ٖٓ هز‬ٝ ‫خ؛‬ٜ‫ؼخهز‬٣ ٕ‫ٌُُي أٍحى أ‬ٝ ،‫طٔخػيٗخ‬
.‫ طِض ًُي‬٢‫ حُٔؼًَش حُظ‬٢‫رَص ك‬ٍٝ ِٚ‫ هظ‬،‫ليع‬٣ ٕ‫ٌَ ُٔؼَكش ٓخ ًخ‬٣‫ػ٘يٓخ ؿخء ٓخ‬ٝ .‫خؿٔش حُوِؼش‬ٜٔ‫ر‬
ِٚٔ‫ ػ‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٙ‫ف أًخكؤ‬ٞٓ ‫ ٓخ‬ٞ‫ ٗل‬٠ِ‫ػ‬ٝ ‫ ٓؤظَ أٗخ رخُلؼَ ًِٔي‬،‫م‬ٝ‫ٕ حُي‬ٝ‫ ري‬ٚٗ‫رَص أػظوي أ‬ٍٝ ٕ‫ أ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣
ًٕٞ‫ أٍىص إٔ أ‬٢٘ٗ‫ؼظوي أ‬٣ ٕ‫ ًخ‬ٚٗ‫ أ‬:‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ َ٤‫ حُِٔي ُو‬٠٘ٗ‫َ رؤ‬ٛ‫ ً٘ض أطظخ‬٠٘ٗ‫ْ أ‬ٜ‫ل‬٣ ُْ ٚٗ‫ أ‬.َ‫حُش‬
.‫ حألري‬٠ُ‫ٌِٓخ ا‬

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 97 Mohamed Morsi

 Because Johann was helping the Duke, he could not open the front door for
Sapt and his men at two o'clock, and it took a long time before they could finally
enter the mansion. This they did just as Rupert was escaping from Antoinette de
Mauban. Soon Sapt found the King lying in his prison, hurt but still alive. He was
carried with his face covered to the mansion, where Antoinette helped to look after
the poor King until another doctor could arrive. Meanwhile, Fritz came to look for
me, knowing that I must have run off into the forest after Rupert.

،ً‫ش طزخكخ‬٤ٗ‫ حُؼخ‬٢‫ ك‬ُٚ‫ٍؿخ‬ٝ ‫ ُؼخرض‬٢ٓ‫لظق حُزخد حألٓخ‬٣ ٕ‫ٔظطغ أ‬٣ ُْ ،‫م‬ٝ‫ٔخػي حُي‬٣ ٕ‫خٕ ًخ‬ٛٞ‫ألٕ ؿ‬ٝ
‫د‬َٝٛ ‫ أػ٘خء‬ِٙٞ‫ ٓخ كؼ‬ٞٛ ‫ٌح‬ٛٝ .َ‫ٍ حُوظ‬ٞ‫َح ً ٖٓ ىه‬٤‫ح حه‬ٌٞ٘ٔ‫ظ‬٣ ٕ‫الً هزَ أ‬٣ٞ‫هظخ ً ؽ‬ٝ ‫حٓظـَم ًُي‬ٝ
ٕ‫ ًخ‬،ٚ٘‫ ٓـ‬٢‫ حالٍع ك‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬٠‫ؿي ػخرض حُِٔي ُِٓو‬ٝ ‫َٓػخٕ ٓخ‬ٝ .ٕ‫رخ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫رَص ٖٓ أٗط‬ٍٝ
٠‫ض ك‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫غ ٓخػيص أٗط‬٤‫ ك‬،َ‫ حُوظ‬٠ُ‫ ا‬،٠‫ ٓـط‬ٜٚ‫ؿ‬ٝٝ ،ِٚ‫ طْ ٗو‬.‫خس‬٤‫ي حُل‬٤‫ ه‬٠ِ‫ِحٍ ػ‬٣ ‫ ال‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ً ‫ٓظخرخ‬
‫ ػ٘يٓخ‬،٠٘‫زلغ ػ‬٣ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ؿخء ك‬،َٟ‫ش أه‬٤‫ٖٓ ٗخك‬ٝ .َ‫ذ خه‬٤‫ٍ ؽز‬ٞ‫ط‬ٝ ٠‫ٖ كظ‬٤ٌُٔٔ‫حالػظ٘خء رخُِٔي ح‬
.‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫ٍحء‬ٝ ‫ حُـخرش‬٠ُ‫ أٗطِوض ا‬٠٘ٗ‫ػِْ أ‬

Back at the castle, Colonel Sapt had to ask Johann and Antoinette de Mauban
to guard the secret about the real King. His men and the servants thought that the
King had been injured while rescuing the prisoner, who had gone after Rupert
Hentzau. News was sent to Tarlenheim to tell the Princess that the King was hurt but
alive, and that she should wait at Tarlenheim for him. The people of Strelsau also
heard that the brave King had fought with his brother because he had kept a
prisoner in Zenda who was a friend of the King. The Duke had tried to kill the King,
who was injured, but the evil Duke had died.

ٕ‫رخٕ أ‬ٞٓ ٝ‫ض ى‬٤ٗ‫ح‬ٞ‫حٗط‬ٝ ٕ‫خ‬ٛٞ‫طِذ ٖٓ ؿ‬٣ ٕ‫ي ػخرض أ‬٤‫ حػطَ حُؼو‬،َٟ‫ حُوِؼش َٓس أه‬٠‫ح ك‬ٞٗ‫ػ٘يٓخ ًخ‬ٝ
١ٌُ‫ح‬ٝ ،ٖ٤‫ذ أػ٘خء اٗوخً حُٔـ‬٤‫ٕ إٔ حُِٔي هي أط‬ٝ‫ؼظوي‬٣ ٚٓ‫هيح‬ٝ ُٚ‫ كَؿخ‬.٢‫و‬٤‫ح َٓ حُِٔي حُلو‬ٞ‫للظ‬٣
٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٌُٚ٘ٝ ‫ذ‬٤‫َس إٔ حُِٔي أط‬٤ٓ‫ْ إلهزخٍ حأل‬٤ٜ٘٤ٍُ‫ طخ‬٠ُ‫ طْ آٍخٍ حألهزخٍ ا‬.ِٝ‫٘ظ‬٤ٛ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ‫ٍحء‬ٝ ‫ذ‬ًٛ
‫ إٔ حُِٔي‬ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠‫ ًٔخ ٓٔغ حُ٘خّ ك‬.ْ٤ٜ٘٤ٍُ‫ طخ‬٢‫ ك‬َٙ‫خ إٔ ط٘ظظ‬ٜ٤ِ‫ ػ‬٢‫٘زـ‬٣ ٚٗ‫أ‬ٝ ،‫خس‬٤‫ي حُل‬٤‫ه‬
َ‫وظ‬٣ ٕ‫م أ‬ٝ‫ٍ حُي‬ٝ‫ كخ‬.‫وخ ً ُِِٔي‬٣‫ ًخٕ طي‬١ٌُ‫ح‬ٝ ‫٘يح‬٣ُ ٢‫٘خ ً ك‬٤‫ ٓـ‬٠‫ هي أرو‬ٚٗ‫ أل‬ٙٞ‫حُشـخع طوخطَ ٓغ أه‬
.٢‫ك‬ٞ‫َ ط‬٣َ‫م حُش‬ٝ‫ٌُٖ حُي‬ٝ ،‫ف‬َٝ‫ذ رـ‬٤‫ أط‬١ٌُ‫ ح‬،‫حُِٔي‬

However, Princess Flavia did not want to wait at Tarlenheim and asked
Marshal Strakencz to take her to Zenda at once so she could see the King. Her coach
was approaching the castle as Fritz led me back from the forest. When we saw the
coach, I quickly hid behind a tree, but we did not realise that the boy whose horse
Rupert had taken had followed us. He was very excited and called out, "Princess!
The King's here, behind this tree!" We tried to keep the boy quiet, but it was too late.
The Princess's coach had stopped and I could see the Marshal leaning out of the
coach window to talk to the boy.

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 98 Mohamed Morsi

 "What you say is nonsense," called Strakencz. "The King's injured in the
castle." "No, really, he's here. He fought a man who took my horse."

٠ُ‫خ ا‬ٌٛ‫ؤه‬٣ ٕ‫ٌِ٘ أ‬٤ً‫َ ٓظَح‬٤‫ كطِزض ٖٓ حُٔش‬،ْ٤ٜ٘٤ٍُ‫ طخ‬٢‫خ حالٗظظخٍ ك‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ ُْ ط ُ َِى حأل‬،‫ٓغ ًُي‬ٝ
٠‫ظِ ػخثيح ً ر‬٣َ‫وظَد ٖٓ حُوِؼش ػ٘يٓخ ًخٕ ك‬٣ ‫خ‬ٜ‫ًز‬ٞٓ ٕ‫ ًخ‬.‫ش حُِٔي‬٣‫ طظٌٖٔ ٖٓ ٍإ‬٠ٌُ ٍ‫ حُلخ‬٠‫٘يح ك‬٣ُ
‫ طخكذ‬٢‫ٌُ٘٘خ ُْ ٗيٍى إٔ حُظز‬ٝ ،‫ أهظزجض رَٔػش هِق شـَس‬،‫ًذ‬ُٞٔ‫يٗخ ح‬ٛ‫ ػ٘يٓخ شخ‬.‫ٖٓ حُـخرش‬
‫ هِق‬،‫٘خ‬ٛ ‫َس! حُِٔي‬٤ٓ‫خ حأل‬ٜ‫ظ‬٣‫ "أ‬:ٟ‫ٗخى‬ٝ ً ‫ًخٕ ٓ٘لؼالً ؿيح‬ٝ .‫رَص ًخٕ هي حطزؼ٘خ‬ٍٝ ٌٙ‫ أه‬١ٌُ‫حُلظخٕ ح‬
‫حٓظطؼض‬ٝ ‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ًذ حأل‬ٞٓ ‫هق‬ٞ‫ ط‬.‫هض ًخٕ هي كخص‬ُٞ‫ٌُٖ ح‬ٝ ،ً‫خىثخ‬ٛ ٢‫ُ٘خ اروخء حُظز‬ٝ‫ حُشـَس! " كخ‬ٌٙٛ
،‫َحء‬ٛ ٞٛ ُٚٞ‫ "ٓخ طو‬:ٌِ٘٤ً‫ هخٍ ٓظَح‬.٢‫ حُظز‬٠ُ‫َ ٖٓ ٗخكٌس حًَُٔزش ُِظليع ا‬٤ٔ٣ َ٤‫ حُٔش‬ٍٟ‫إٔ أ‬
".٠ٗ‫ أهٌ كظخ‬١ٌُ‫ ُوي كخٍد حَُؿَ ح‬.‫٘خ‬ٛ ٚٗ‫ ا‬،ً‫ كوخ‬،‫ "ال‬."‫ حُوِؼش‬٢‫َهي حُِٔي ٓظخرخ ً ك‬٣

At this moment, Sapt rode out of the castle to meet the party. "This boy says the
King's over there behind that tree," said Strakencz to Sapt with a strange look. "No,
he's in the castle behind me," said Sapt with a smile. "Please, come and see if you
don't believe me," said the boy. The smile disappeared from Sapt's face and he
looked worried, before quickly saying, "I'll go." "Let me come, too," said the
Princess. Sapt thought for a moment, then said quietly, "Then come alone." The
Princess was helped down from the coach. She then walked with Sapt across the
grass towards me. I sat down behind the tree, putting my hands over my face. Fritz
put his hand on my shoulder.

‫ٌح‬ٛ" :‫زش‬٣َ‫ ػخرض ر٘ظَس ؿ‬٠ُ‫ٌِ٘ ا‬٤ً‫ كوخٍ ٓظَح‬.‫ًذ‬ُٞٔ‫ هَؽ ػخرض ٖٓ حُوِؼش ُٔوخرِش ح‬،‫ حُِلظش‬ٌٙٛ ٢‫ك‬
.".٠‫ حُوِؼش هِل‬٢‫ ك‬ٚٗ‫ ا‬،‫ "ال‬:ْٔ‫زظ‬٣ ٞٛٝ ‫ كوخٍ ػخرض‬.".‫٘خى هِق طِي حُشـَس‬ٛ ‫ٍ إٔ حُِٔي‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ٢‫حُظز‬
ٚ٤ِ‫ريح ػ‬ٝ ‫ ػخرض‬ٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٖٓ ‫ حهظلض حالرظٔخٓش‬.".٠٘‫حٗظَ اًح ً٘ض ال طظيه‬ٝ ٍ‫ طؼخ‬،‫ى‬ٞ‫ "حٍؿ‬:٢ ‫كوخٍ حُظز‬
‫ كٌَ ػخرض‬.".‫ؼخ‬٣‫ أ‬٢‫ إٔ خط‬٢ُ ‫ "حٓٔق‬:‫َس‬٤ٓ‫هخُض حأل‬ٝ ."ٍٟ‫ف ح‬ٞٓ" :‫ٍ رَٔػش‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ٕ‫ هزَ أ‬،‫حُوِن‬
‫ ػْ ٓخٍص ٓغ ػخرض‬.‫َس ُظظَؿَ ٖٓ حُلخكِش‬٤ٓ‫ح حأل‬ٝ‫" ٓخػي‬.‫كيى‬ٝ ٠ُ‫ "اًح َ طؼخ‬،‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫ ػْ هخٍ ر‬،‫ُِلظش‬
٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٙ‫ي‬٣ ‫ؼغ‬٣ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ًخٕ ك‬ٝ .٢ٜ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٠ِ‫ ػ‬١‫ي‬٣ ً ‫حػؼخ‬ٝ ،‫ ً٘ض ؿخُٔخ هِق حُشـَس‬.٢ٛ‫ػزَ حُؼشذ طـخ‬
.٢‫ًظل‬

When Princess Flavia saw me, she ran up and cried, "It is you! Are you hurt?" I said
nothing, so she looked at Sapt and said, "What's this game you're playing?" "This is
not the King," said Sapt quietly. "What do you mean it's not the King?" said the
Princess. "This is not the King," said Sapt again. "He is the King!" cried Flavia. "It's
his face! Rudolf, look at me! What's happening?" Looking into her eyes, I said,
"Forgive me, Madame. I'm not the King." The Princess looked surprised, then
frightened, and I could see she did not know what to say. "Come," Sapt said gently to
the Princess. "It's time you came into the castle. We have much to discuss." I
watched as she walked away. Now my game was nearly at an end.

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 99 Mohamed Morsi

ٟ‫َ حٗض ٓظخد؟ " ُْ أهَ أ‬ٛ !‫ أٗض‬ٚٗ‫ "أ‬:‫طخكض‬ٝ ٟٞ‫ ًٍؼض ٗل‬،‫َس‬٤ٓ‫خ حأل‬٤‫َس كالك‬٤ٓ‫ حأل‬٠٘‫ػ٘يٓخ ٍأط‬
ْ٤ُ ‫ٌح‬ٛ" :‫ء‬ٝ‫ي‬ٜ‫خ؟" كوخٍ ػخرض ر‬ٜٗٞ‫ طِؼز‬٢‫ حُِؼزش حُظ‬ٌٙٛ ‫ "ٓخ‬:‫هخُض‬ٝ ،‫ ػخرض‬٠ُ‫ ٌُُي ٗظَص ح‬،‫ء‬٢‫ش‬
.".‫ْ حُِٔي‬٤ُ ‫ٌح‬ٛ" :َٟ‫ كوخٍ ػخرض َٓس أه‬."‫ْ حُِٔي؟‬٤ُ ٚٗ‫َس "ٓخًح طوظي رؤ‬٤ٓ‫ هخُض حأل‬.".‫حُِٔي‬
٢‫ليع؟ " ٗظَص ك‬٣ ١ٌُ‫! ٓخ ح‬٢ُ‫ أٗظَ ا‬،‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ !ٜٚ‫ؿ‬ٝ ٚٗ‫ أ‬،!‫ حُِٔي‬ٞٛ ٚٗ‫ "أ‬:‫خ‬٤‫كظخكض كالك‬
‫خ ال طؼَف‬ٜٗ‫ٔض أ‬ٜ‫ك‬ٝ ‫هخكض‬ٝ ‫َس‬٤ٓ‫شض حأل‬ٛ‫" أٗي‬.‫ أٗخ ُٔض حُِٔي‬،٠‫يط‬٤ٓ ٠٘٤‫ "ٓخٓل‬:‫هِض‬ٝ ،‫خ‬ٜ٤٘٤‫ػ‬
.".ٚ‫َ ُ٘٘خهش‬٤‫٘خ حٌُؼ‬٣‫ ُي‬.‫ حُوِؼش‬٠ِ‫هض ُظيه‬ُٞ‫ ُوي كخٕ ح‬،٠ُ‫ "طؼخ‬:‫َس‬٤ٓ‫ هخٍ ػخرض رِطق ُأل‬.ٍٞ‫ٓخًح طو‬
.‫خ‬ٜ‫ظ‬٣‫خ‬ٜٗ ٢‫زخ ك‬٣َ‫ طو‬٠‫ٕ ًخٗض ُؼزظ‬٥‫ ح‬.ً‫يح‬٤‫ رؼ‬٠‫ طٔش‬٠ٛٝ ‫خ‬ٜ‫يط‬ٛ‫شخ‬

All that day Fritz and I waited in the forest while the Princess stayed in the
castle with the King. That night, when it was dark, Fritz led me to the castle where I
stayed, unseen, in the rooms that had been the King's prison.
Johann brought me food and told me what he knew. The King was getting
better and had seen the Princess with Sapt, and Marshal Strakencz had returned to
Strelsau. Johann also said that everyone was talking about the strange prisoner of
Zenda and who he could be. Some said he was an English friend of the King's who
had heard about the Duke's plans, so the Duke had locked him up to stop him from
speaking to the King.

‫ طِي‬٢‫ك‬ٝ .‫ حُوِؼش ٓغ حُِٔي‬٢‫َس ك‬٤ٓ‫ض حأل‬٤‫٘ٔخ رو‬٤‫ حُـخرش ر‬٢‫ظِ ك‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ حٗظظَص أٗخ‬،ّٞ٤ُ‫حٍ ًُي ح‬ٞ‫ؽ‬
‫ حُـَف‬٢‫ ك‬،‫غ‬٤ٔ‫ حُـ‬٠‫يح ً ػٖ َٓث‬٤‫ رؼ‬،‫غ ٌٓؼض‬٤‫ حُوِؼش ك‬٠ُ‫ظِ ا‬٣َ‫ ك‬٠ٌٗ‫ أه‬،ّ‫ ػ٘يٓخ كَ حُظال‬،‫ِش‬٤ُِ‫ح‬
ٟ‫ٍأ‬ٝ ،ٖٔ‫ظل‬٣ ٕ‫ حُِٔي ًخ‬.ٚ‫ؼَك‬٣ ‫ ًَ ٓخ‬٢ُ ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ ّ‫ حُطؼخ‬٢ُ ‫خٕ ؿِذ‬ٛٞ‫ ؿ‬.‫خ‬ٜ٤‫ هي طْ ٓـٖ حُِٔي ك‬٢‫حُظ‬
ٕ‫ؼخ أ‬٣‫خٕ أ‬ٛٞ‫هخٍ ؿ‬ٝ .ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ٌِ٘ ا‬٤ً‫هي ػخى حُٔخٍشخٍ ٓظَح‬ٝ ،‫غ أطض ٓغ ػخرض‬٤‫َس ك‬٤ٓ‫حأل‬
١ِ٤ِ‫ن اٗـ‬٣‫ طي‬ٚٗ‫ حُزؼغ هخٍ أ‬.ٌٕٞ٣ ٕ‫ٌٖٔ أ‬٣ ٖٓٝ ‫ذ‬٣َ‫٘يٍح حُـ‬٣ُ ٖ٤‫ظليع ػٖ ٓـ‬٣ ٕ‫غ ًخ‬٤ٔ‫حُـ‬
.‫ حُِٔي‬٠ُ‫ ٖٓ حُظليع ا‬ٚ‫ٔ٘ؼ‬٣ ٠ٌُ ‫م‬ٝ‫ حُي‬ٚٔ‫ٌُُي كز‬ٝ ،‫م‬ٝ‫ ًخٕ هي ٓٔغ ػٖ هطؾ حُي‬١ٌُ‫ح‬ٝ ‫ُِِٔي‬

Later that evening, Fritz came to me and said the King wanted to see me. So I
went to his room, where he was lying in bed with a doctor next to him. He looked
weak and tired, but smiled when he saw me. "Cousin! My friend! You're injured,
too. We're always the same, you and I!" I smiled and bowed down before him. "I
want to thank you," he said. "I hoped that tomorrow, you'd come with me to
Strelsau and tell everyone about the brave things that you've done, but Sapt tells me
that this isn't possible." "He's right, sir. My work in your country is complete."
"Very well, I'll return to Strelsau alone. People know that the King was injured, so
they won't be surprised to see me looking a little different. But you've taught me
something, cousin Rudolf. You've shown me what a true King should be," he said.
"I'd happily help you again, sir," I said. And I meant it, thinking that perhaps I
would need to. Nobody knew where Rupert had disappeared too, and the thought of
the man who had almost beaten me still makes my heart beat louder in my chest.

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 100 Mohamed Morsi

‫غ‬٤‫ ك‬،ٚ‫ ؿَكظ‬٠ُ‫زض ا‬ٌٛ‫ ك‬.٢ٗ‫َح‬٣ ٕ‫ي أ‬٣َ٣ ‫هخٍ إٔ حُِٔي‬ٝ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ ك‬٢ُ ‫ ؿخء‬،‫ٌح حُٔٔخء‬ٛ ٖٓ ‫هض الكن‬ٝ ٢‫ك‬
!٠ٔ‫ "حرٖ ػ‬:٠ٗ‫ حرظْٔ ػ٘يٓخ ٍخ‬ٌُٚ٘ ،‫ٓظؼزخ‬ٝ ‫لخ‬٤‫ ًخٕ ػؼ‬.ٍٙ‫ح‬ٞ‫ذ رـ‬٤‫٘خى ؽز‬ٛٝ َ٣َُٔ‫ ح‬٢‫َهي ك‬٣ ٕ‫ًخ‬
‫ي‬٣ٍ‫ "أ‬:ٍ‫هخ‬ٝ .ٚٓ‫ض أٓخ‬٤٘‫حٗل‬ٝ ،‫أٗخ!" حرظٔٔض‬ٝ ‫ أٗض‬،‫ ٗلٖ ىحثٔخ ً ٓؼَ رؼؼ٘خ‬.ً‫ؼخ‬٣‫! أٗض أطزض أ‬٢‫و‬٣‫طي‬
١ٌُ‫خء حُشـخػش ح‬٤‫غ ػٖ حألش‬٤ٔ‫أهزَ حُـ‬ٝ ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ ا‬٢‫ ٓؼ‬٢‫ ً٘ض أأَٓ إٔ ؿيح ٓظؤط‬،‫إٔ أشٌَى‬
٢‫ ك‬٢ِٔ‫ ُوي أًظَٔ ػ‬.ْ٤‫ حَُث‬١‫ي‬٤ٓ ،‫ كن‬٠ِ‫ ػ‬ٚٗ‫ "أ‬."ٌٖٔٓ َ٤‫ٌح ؿ‬ٛ ٕ‫ٍ أ‬ٞ‫و‬٣ ‫ٌُٖ ػخرض‬ٝ ،‫خ‬ٜ‫هٔض ر‬
، ‫ذ‬٤‫ٕ إٔ حُِٔي ًخٕ هي أُط‬ٞ‫ؼَك‬٣ ّ‫ حُ٘خ‬.ٟ‫كي‬ٝ ِٞٔ٣َ‫ ٓظ‬٠ُ‫ى ا‬ٞ‫ف أػ‬ٞٓ ،ً‫ي ؿيح‬٤‫" "ؿ‬. ًْ‫رِي‬
‫ ُوي‬.‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ٠ٔ‫خ حرٖ ػ‬٣ ،‫جخ ً ٓخ‬٤‫ ش‬٠٘‫ٌُ٘ي ػِٔظ‬ٝ .ً‫ال‬٤ِ‫ ٓوظِلخ ً ه‬ٝ‫أٗخ أري‬ٝ ٢‫ظ‬٣‫ح َُإ‬ٞ‫ش‬ٛ‫٘ي‬٣ ُٖ ‫ٌُُي‬ٝ
‫خ‬٣ ،َٟ‫يح ً إ ٓخػيطي َٓس أه‬٤‫ٕ ٓؼ‬ًٞ‫ "ٓؤ‬: ُ‫ كوِض‬.".٠‫و‬٤‫ حُِٔي حُلو‬ٚ٤ِ‫ٕ ػ‬ٌٞ٣ ٕ‫ أ‬٢‫٘زـ‬٣ ‫ ٓخ‬٢ُ ‫٘ض‬٤‫ر‬
،‫رَص‬ٍٝ ٠‫ٖ حهظل‬٣‫ؼَف أ‬٣ ‫ كال أكي‬.‫ ٍرٔخ أُػطَ ٌُُي‬٠٘ٗ‫ أ‬ٌَٟ‫ ك‬٠‫ىحٍ ك‬ٝ ،‫ ًُي‬٢٘‫ً٘ض أػ‬ٝ .".١‫ي‬٤ٓ
.١ٍ‫ طي‬٢‫ ك‬٠ِ‫ص أػ‬ٞ‫٘زغ رظ‬٣ ٢‫ـؼَ هِز‬٣ ٍ‫ِح‬٣ ‫ ًخٕ ال‬،‫زخ‬٣َ‫ طو‬٠ِ٘ٓٛ ١ٌُ‫ حَُؿَ ح‬٠‫َ ك‬٤ٌ‫حُظل‬ٝ

"The Princess has asked to see you, too," said the King. "She can come in now."
"Does she know everything?" I whispered, before she arrived. "She does," the King
answered. The Princess came into the room and I bowed down to her. "It seems
you've tricked me," she said, but not unkindly. "I would like to apologise to you for
this," I said. "You don't need to apologise. I should thank you for all you've done for
Ruritania," she said. "I've learned all about duties and responsibilities," I said to
her. "It's a lesson I'll never forget." "And we'll never forget how you've helped the
King," she replied. The King smiled, then closed his eyes and fell asleep, and the
doctor said it was best if I left him. I bowed and left the people who would shape the
future of Ruritania, not knowing that I would never see the King, the Princess – or
Rupert – ever again.

‫ طؼَف‬٠ٛ َٛٝ" :‫خ‬ُٜٞ‫ط‬ٝ َ‫ٔٔض هز‬ٛ ".ٕ٥‫ ح‬٢‫ هي طؤط‬.ً‫ؼخ‬٣‫ أ‬،‫َس ؽِزض إٔ طَحى‬٤ٓ‫ "حأل‬:‫هخٍ حُِٔي‬ٝ
ٖ‫ْ رخُوش‬٤ُ ‫د‬ِٞٓ‫ رؤ‬.‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ض‬٤٘‫أٗل‬ٝ ‫ حُـَكش‬٠ُ‫َس ا‬٤ٓ‫ ىهِض حأل‬.".ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬:‫ كؤؿخد حُِٔي‬."‫ء؟‬٢‫ًَ ش‬
َ‫ ر‬.ٍ‫ حالػظٌح‬٠ُ‫ "ال طلظخؽ ا‬:‫ كوخُض‬.."‫ٌح‬ٛ ٖ‫ُي ػ‬
ِ ٌٍ‫ى إٔ حػظ‬ٝ‫ "أ‬: ُ‫ هِض‬.".٠٘‫ أٗي هيػظ‬ٝ‫زي‬٣" :‫هخُض‬
ٖ‫ء ػ‬٢‫ "ُوي طؼِٔض ًَ ش‬:‫خ‬ُٜ ‫ هِض‬.".‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ َ‫ ٖٓ أؿ‬ٚ‫ ًَ ٓخ هٔض ر‬٠ِ‫ـذ إٔ أشٌَى ػ‬٣
‫ق ٓخػيص‬٤ً ‫ حريأ‬٠ٔ٘ٗ ُٖ ٖ‫ٗل‬ٝ" :‫ كؤؿخرض‬."ً‫ أريح‬ٙ‫ ىٍّ ُٖ اٗٔخ‬ٚٗ‫ أ‬،‫خص‬٤ُٝ‫حُٔٔئ‬ٝ ‫حؿزخص‬ُٞ‫ح‬
.‫زض‬ًٛٝ ٚ‫ طًَظ‬ُٞ َ‫ ٖٓ حألكؼ‬ٚٗ‫ذ أ‬٤‫هخٍ حُطز‬ٝ ،ُّٞ٘‫ ح‬٢‫ؿؾ ك‬ٝ ٚ٤٘٤‫ ػْ ؿِن ػ‬،‫ حٗظْٔ حُِٔي‬.".‫حُِٔي‬
،‫ حُِٔي‬ٍٟ‫ف أ‬ٞٓ ‫ ال أػَف إٔ ً٘ض‬،‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ َ‫ٕ ٓٔظوز‬ٌِٞ‫ش‬٤ٓ ٖ٣ٌُ‫طًَض حُ٘خّ ح‬ٝ ،‫ض‬٤٘‫حٗل‬
.‫هض الكن‬ٝ ١‫ أ‬٠‫ ك‬َٟ‫رَص – َٓس أه‬ٍٝ ٝ‫َس – أ‬٤ٓ‫حأل‬ٝ‫أ‬

A few hours later, Sapt and Fritz bowed down to me as I got on a train at a
small station near the border with Ruritania. The other passengers on the train must
have thought an important person in a large coat and hat was about to leave their
country, but it was only I, Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman.

٠‫حٗـِش ٓيٍٓظ‬ 101 Mohamed Morsi

‫َس‬٤‫ ٓلطش طـ‬٢‫ ٓظٖ هطخٍ ك‬٠ِ‫ ػ٘يٓخ طؼيص ػ‬٠ٓ‫ظِ أٓخ‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ ػخرض‬٠٘‫ حٗل‬،‫رؼي رؼغ ٓخػخص‬ٝ
ٕ‫ح أ‬ٞ‫ ٓظٖ حُوطخٍ هي الكظ‬٠ِ‫ٖ ػ‬٣َ‫ه‬٥‫ٖٓ حُٔئًي إٔ حًَُخد ح‬ٝ .‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫ى ٓغ‬ٝ‫رخُوَد ٖٓ حُلي‬
‫ُق‬ٝ‫ى‬ٍٝ ،‫ ًخٕ حٗخ كلٔذ‬ٌُٚ٘ ،ْٛ‫شي ٓـخىٍس رِي‬ٝ ٠ِ‫هزؼش ًخٕ ػ‬ٝ َ٤‫ ٓؼطق ًز‬ٟ‫َطي‬٣ ً ‫ٔخ‬ٜٓ ً ‫شوظخ‬
.١ِ٤ِ‫ ٍؿَ اٗـ‬،َ٣‫٘ي‬٤ٓ‫ٍح‬
When I finally returned to England, I had some explaining to do. My brother
Robert and his wife Rose told me that everyone had been looking for me. And Rose
was very disappointed when I told her I had not written a book. "At least the
ambassador has a job for you soon," she said. "He now knows which country he'll be
sent to." "Where's that?" I asked. "Ruritania. Sir Jacob Borrodaile is to be the
British Ambassador in Strelsau." "I don't think it'd be a good idea for me to work
there," I said. "But you promised you'd take the job!" cried Rose. "You're right, but
please look at this," I said, showing them a photograph in a newspaper which showed
the King's coronation. There was I, with Sapt, Fritz, Michael and the Princess.
Robert and Rose looked at it in amazement.
"Yes, you look very like the King of Ruritania," said Rose. "But this is just an
excuse. You could have become an ambassador yourself one day! If you don't go,
you'll never be anyone important!"

ٚ‫ؿظ‬ُٝٝ ‫رَص‬ٍٝ ٢‫ أه‬٠َٗ‫ أهز‬.‫لخص‬٤‫ػ‬ٞ‫ إٔ أهيّ رؼغ حُظ‬٢ِ‫ ًخٕ ػ‬،‫ اٌِٗظَح‬٠ُ‫َح ا‬٤‫ػ٘يٓخ ػيص أه‬
‫ ُْ أًظذ‬٠٘ٗ‫خ أ‬ٜ‫َس ػ٘يٓخ أهزَط‬٤‫زش أَٓ ًز‬٤‫ُ رو‬ٍٝ ‫زض‬٤‫أط‬ٝ .٢٘‫ٕ ػ‬ٞ‫زلؼ‬٣ ‫ح‬ٞٗ‫غ ًخ‬٤ٔ‫ُ إٔ حُـ‬ٍٝ
ْ‫ظ‬٣ ‫ف‬ٞٓ ١ٌُ‫ٕ حُزِي ح‬٥‫ؼَف ح‬٣ ٚٗ‫ أ‬،‫لش ُي‬٤‫ظ‬ٝ ٚ٣‫َ ُي‬٤‫ حألهَ ٓخ ُحٍ حُٔل‬٠ِ‫ "ػ‬:‫ كوخُض‬.‫ًظخد‬
٢‫ ك‬٢ٗ‫طخ‬٣َ‫َ حُز‬٤‫ٕ حُٔل‬ٌٞ٤ٓ َ٣‫ٍى‬ٞ‫د ر‬ًٞ‫ي ؿخ‬٤ُٔ‫ ح‬.‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ" ."‫ٖ ًُي؟‬٣‫ "أ‬:‫ ٓؤُض‬."ٚ٤ُ‫ ا‬ُٚ‫آٍخ‬
‫ٌُ٘ي‬ٝ" :ٍُٝ ‫ رٌض‬."‫٘خى‬ٛ َٔ‫ ُِؼ‬٢ُ ‫يس رخُ٘ٔزش‬٤‫ٕ كٌَس ؿ‬ٌٞ‫خ ٓظ‬ٜٗ‫ "ال أػظوي أ‬: ُ‫ هِض‬."ِٞٔ٣َ‫ٓظ‬
٢‫ٍس ك‬ٞ‫ْ ط‬ُٜ ‫َص‬ٜ‫ أظ‬."‫ٌح‬ُٜ َٟ‫ٌُٖ أٗظ‬ٝ ،‫ض ٓلوش‬ ِ ٗ‫ "أ‬:‫ هِض‬."!‫لش‬٤‫ظ‬ُٞ‫ ح‬ٌٙٛ َ‫ػيص أٗي ٓظوز‬ٝ
.‫َس‬٤ٓ‫حأل‬ٝ ٌَ٣‫ٓخ‬ٝ ِ‫ظ‬٣َ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ ٓغ ػخرض‬٠‫ٍط‬ٞ‫ ًخٗض ط‬.‫ؾ حُِٔي‬٣ٞ‫َ طظ‬ٜ‫ طظ‬٢‫حُظ‬ٝ ‫ حُظلق‬ٟ‫اكي‬
ٌٙٛ ٌُٖٝ ،‫خ‬٤ٗ‫ظخ‬٣ٍٍٝ ‫خ ً ؿيح ً رِٔي‬ٜ٤‫ شز‬ٝ‫ طزي‬،ْ‫ "ٗؼ‬:ٍُٝ ‫هخُض‬ٝ .ًٍٞٛ ٢‫خ ك‬ٜ٤ُ‫ُ ا‬ٍٝٝ ‫رَص‬ٍَٝ‫ٗظ‬
."ْٜٓ ‫ شوض‬١‫ٕ أريح ً أ‬ٌٞ‫ ُٖ ط‬،‫ذ‬ٌٛ‫ٓخ ً ٓخ! اًح ُْ ط‬ٞ٣ ً ‫َح‬٤‫ٌٔ٘ي إٔ طظزق ٓل‬٣ .‫ؼش‬٣ًٍ ‫ٓـَى‬

I knew, however, that I did not need to go. I had been something far more
important than an ambassador: I had been a King. I remembered and understood
those words Rose had said to me all those months ago: a person with a position in
society has responsibilities. But even without a position in society, we all have a duty
to help other people when we can, and we all become better people for doing so.

‫ ُوي ً٘ض‬:َ٤‫ش ٖٓ ٓل‬٤ٔٛ‫جخ أًؼَ أ‬٤‫ ُوي ً٘ض ش‬.‫خد‬ٌُِٛ ‫ كخؿش‬٢‫ ُْ أًٖ ك‬٠٘ٗ‫ ػَكض أ‬،‫ٌح‬ٛ ‫ٓغ‬ٝ
ًٝ ‫ شوض‬ٟ‫ أ‬:‫ ٓؼض‬٠‫َ حُظ‬ٜ‫حٍ طِي حألش‬ٞ‫ ؽ‬٢ُ ٍُٝ ‫خ‬ٜ‫ هخُظ‬٠‫ٔض طِي حٌُِٔخص حُظ‬ٜ‫ك‬ٝ ‫ طًٌَص‬.‫ِٓي‬
‫حؿذ ٓٔخػيس‬ٝ ‫ؼخ‬٤ٔ‫٘خ ؿ‬٤ِ‫ ػ‬،‫ حُٔـظٔغ‬٢‫ٕ ٌٓخٗش ك‬ٝ‫ ري‬٠‫ٌُٖ كظ‬ٝ .‫خص‬٤ُٝ‫ ٓٔئ‬ٚ٣‫ حُٔـظٔغ ُي‬٢‫ٌٓخٗش ك‬
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 Questions with model Answers
Answer the following questions:
1- Where did Rassendyll wait for it to be two o'clock?
He waited by the drawbridge gate next to the castle.

2- Rassendyll asked Antoinette to cry for help at two o'clock. Why did she
do it earlier?
She did it earlier because she is being attacked by Rupert. He wants to punish
her for writing to Rassendyll.

3- Why did Rassendyll kill De Gautet with a sword and not with a gun?
He did so because he didn't want to make any noise and attract other people.

4- How did Rassendyll get the keys to the King's prison?

He took them from De Gautet’s clothes after he killed him.

5- Who got killed in the first room of the King's prison?

Bersonin got killed in the first room.

6-Who got killed in the room where the King was?

The doctor was killed by Detchard, and Detchard was killed by Rassendyll.

7-Who got wounded while Rassendyll was trying to save the King?
The King and Rassendyll were both wounded.

8- Why didn't the King fight Detchard directly?

The King was weak from illness and in chains. He couldn't move much
because of the chains.

9-How did the King help Rassendyll in the fight against Detchard?
He helped Rassendyll by pushing a chair into Detchard as he was fighting. This
made him lose his balance and fall over the doctor’s body. Then it was easy for
Rassendyll to kill him.

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10- Who killed Duke Michael?
Rupert Hentzau.

11- Why did Rupert ride away instead of fighting Rassendyll?

Because Fritz came with a gun and Rupert knew he couldn't fight both of them.
A gun could kill from a distance. Fritz could kill Rupert from a distance before
Rupert could kill Rassendyll with a sword.

12- How did the boy make a problem for Sapt, Fritz and Rassendyll?
The boy ran out and said the King was behind the tree, but Strakencz and the
Princess thought that the King was in the castle. Sapt had a problem to explain
this.

13-Why did Sapt tell the Princess to come alone to see the King behind the
tree?
He asked the Princess to come alone because he didn't want Marshal Strakencz
to know about Rassendyll.

14- Why did Sapt have the real King taken from his prison with his face
covered?
Sapt didn't want his men or the servants to see who the prisoner really was.

15-What did Sapt's men and the servants think happened to the King and
to the prisoner?
They think that the King was wounded in the fight to rescue the prisoner, and
that the prisoner went after Rupert Hentzau.

16-Why did Rassendyll wait in the forest until dark to go to the castle?
Rassendyll waited until he could go into the castle under the cover of dark. He
didn't want anyone to see him.

17- How did Rassendyll teach the King how to be a real king?
He took his responsibilities as King seriously and tried to run the country well.
He risked his own life to rescue the King. He could have remained King.

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 18- What did Rassendyll mean when he wrote "Nobody knew where
Rupert had disappeared to, and the thought of the man who had almost
beaten me still makes my heart beat louder in my chest"?
He meant that when he thought of Rupert he got excited or angry. He wished
he could find him and fight him.

19- Do you think Rassendyll was right to pretend to be the King for the
coronation?
Yes, he was right because that was the only way to save the country from Duke
Michael and save the King.

20- Was Rassendyll right to continue to pretend to be the King for so

long?
Yes, he was right because if hadn't done that, Duke Michael would have taken
the crown and killed the King.

21- Why didn't Rassendyll remain the King?

The King was still alive, so it wasn't right for Rassendyll to remain the King.

22-If Rassendyll was a wiser and better ruler than the real King, would it
be wrong for him to remain King?
Yes, it would be wrong because even if he was wiser and better than the real
King, it wasn't right for him to take something that belonged to someone else.

23- What did Rassendyll learn from his adventures?

He learnt responsibility and how to do the right thing.

24- What was Rassendyll's original plan to save the King?

The plan was that Johann would open the front door of the mansion at 2
o’clock. Sapt and his men would go in and tie up any servants who did not
want to help the King. At the same time, Antoinette de Mauban would cry out
for Michael to help her. That would keep Michael busy while Sapt and his men
dealt with the servants.
25- Why didn't everything go as Rassendyll had planned first?
Antoinette de Mauban called for help an hour earlier because she was attacked
by Rupert who wanted to punish her for writing secret letter to Rassendyll.

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26-Why did Sapt tell the King that it wasn't possible for Rassendyll to go
back to Strelsau?
---because that would cause problems as people would mistake him for the
King since he looked exactly like the King.

27-Why did Rassendyll refuse to work for Sir Jacob?

Sir Jacob was going to be the ambassador to Ruritania and there would be
problems as Rassendyll looked like the King.

28-Why did Rupert and Michael fight each other?

They fought each other because Rupert wanted to punish Antoinette de
Mauban as she sent secret letters to Rassendyll.

29-Why did Duke Michael invite Antoinette de Mauban to Ruritania?

He invited her to attend the coronation.

30-What did Rupert do when Antoinette pointed a gun at him?

He quickly jumped into the water below the bridge.

31-How did Rupert get a horse to escape?

He took a horse from a boy in order to escape.

32-What were Sapt's men told about the King's wound?

They were told that the King was wounded while he was fighting to rescue his
friend who was a prisoner in the castle.

33-Who brought Princess Flavia from Tarlenheim to see the King?

Marshal Strakencz brought her.

34-Why did Rupert strike his sword at Johann?

He did so because he believed that Johann was Rassendyll's spy.

35-How did Rupert manage to escape after he had killed Michael?

He jumped out of the window down into the moat below and swam away.

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36-What did the doctor do to save the King's life?
He held Detchard for some time. He was too weak, so Detchard broke free and
killed the doctor with his sword.

37-Why was it lucky that Detchard did not have gun?

If Detchard had had a gun, he would have shot Rassendyll dead.

38-What would have happened if the King hadn't helped Rassendyll?

Why?
Detchard would have killed Rassendyll because he was a much better
swordsman than him.

39-What happened to Rassendyll before he killed Detchard?

Detchard cut him on the arm.

40-Rassendyll would surely have been killed if it hadn't been for Fritz.
Explain.
Detchard would have killed Rassendyll if Fritz hadn't arrived on a horse
carrying a gun. Rupert understood that he couldn't fight both men, so he
escaped.

41-What happened to the King while Rassendyll and his men were trying
to save him?
The King was hurt but he was still alive.

42-How did the King get hurt?

The King pushed a chair against Detchard's legs to help Rassendyll to kill him.
Detchard found it hard to stand up. This made him angry and he struck the
King hard with his sword.

43-How was Detchard killed?

When the King pushed a chair against his legs, it was hard for him to stand up.
He struck the King with his sword, but he fell over the doctor's body. It was
easy for Rassendyll to kill him as he lay on the floor.

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44-What did the Duke do when he found out that Antoinette had warned
Rassendyll in Strelsau?
He tricked her by inviting her and her servants to his castle. Once she was
there, he didn't let her leave in order to stop her telling anyone about his plan.

45-How could Antoinette continue to send letters to Rassendyll although

she was locked in the castle?
She could do that with the help of Johann who worked as a spy for Rassendyll.

46-Why couldn't Johann open the door for Sapt and his men as planned?
He was helping the Duke in his fight with Rupert.

47-According to Rassendyll, what was the thing that Rupert could not
understand?
He could not understand that Rassendyll was pretending to be the King for the
good of Ruritania.

48-Why did it take a long time for Sapt and his men to enter the mansion?
Johann could not open the door at 2 o'clock because he was helping the Duke
who was fighting with Rupert.

49-What did Sapt ask Johann and Antoinette to do?

He asked them to guard the secret about the real King. (He asked them not to
tell anyone that the King was a prisoner in the castle).

50-What were the people of Strelsau told to justify the King's injury and
Michael's death?
They were told that the brave King had fought with his brother because he had
kept a prisoner in Zenda who was a friend of the King. The Duke had tried to
kill the King, who was injured, but the evil Duke had died.

51-Who did the people of Strelsau think Rassendyll could be?

They thought he could be an English friend of the King's who heard about the
Duke's plans, so the Duke had locked him up to stop him from speaking to the
King.

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52-Why was the King very grateful to Rassendyll?
…. because he saved his life and taught him how to be a real King. He also
helped to stop people thinking badly about the King.

53-Why was the Princess grateful to Rassendyll?

She was grateful to him for all he had done for Ruritania and the King.

54-Why did Rose feel very disappointed with Rassendyll?

She was disappointed because he had not written a book and he refused to
work with Sir Jacob.

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