{"product_id":"2940013858107","title":"By Right of Sword","description":"\"I was told, Sire,\" I resumed, when the Emperor had complied with my request. \"That there was one, or at most two persons beside your Majesty who knew the real order of matters for yesterday; and that it was from that one, or from one of those two persons, that the information was given to the Nihilists which formed the basis of this plot. I did not believe it possible, Sire, and I did not think therefore that any attempt could be made. But yesterday morning to my intense astonishment, I found myself appointed to command exactly the section of the line of which I had been told by the Nihilists, many hours, indeed days in advance.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe consternation of both my hearers as I dwelt on this was so great that I emphasized it; and I saw then that I could safely slur over the only point that I really feared in the whole story—the episode of the five men whom I had posted in accordance with the Nihilist orders. \u003cbr\u003eI had struck such a blow at the Grand Duke that he said no more; and he was much more busy thinking of how to defend himself than of how to accuse me. \u003cbr\u003eI next told of the secret mechanism; how I had seen it work; how it proved that the operator must have had exact knowledge of the train in which the Emperor would travel, and then how I had sprung on the line to stop the train. I left my actions after that to speak for themselves.","brand":"DB Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083317264624,"sku":"2940013858107","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013858107_p0.jpg?v=1763595935","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013858107","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}