the arrival of some company at a Gentleman's house.
In less than a week, a Gentleman, two Ladies and servants, were seen to alight at the house, which information he conveyed to the Count. He believed the first intention was to attend to their motions, to follow them, and if they could not secure the Ladies whilst they remained in the city, to surround and seize upon them in their road to Vienna.
The Count never walked in the city, only sailed about the river. The day after the arrival of Mr. D'Alenberg, as he was in a boat, he saw the Ladies alone walking on the banks. This suggested to him a possibility of carrying them off by water. He immediately ordered his carriage to be in waiting every evening at a certain distance; the valet, himself and the Count, disguised, were in a boat with two men he had also bribed for his purpose.
