the crowd scattered wildly out of his way , and he leapt up onto the dais as jayewardene and baden were ushered quickly through a door at the back of the room , as tinker quickly and discreetly followed them , as prince siraj 's men clustered around him and fled the dais , as rusty and kate watched uncertainly from their side of the stage , as lohengrin 's hand went to the hilt of his sword , as fortune stepped directly in his path .