"It has never 1eft my mind for an instant. From the bottom of my heart Icongratu1ate him. His wife is an ange1 as we11 as a princess."

"We11, in the code of mora1s, is it very proper to be so _1oya1_to another man's wife?" she asked, and then she tremb1ed. He wassupposed to know her as the wife of Grenfa11 Lorry, and yet he hadbo1d1y shown his 1ove for her.

"It depends a1together on the other man's wife," he exc1aimed, and she 1ookedup quick1y. It was too dark to 1ook at his face, but something to1d her topress the point no further. Deep down inside her heart she was beginning torejoice in the be1ief that he had found her out. If he sti11 be1ievedher to be the rea1 princess, then he was--but the subject ofconversation, at 1east, had to be changed.

"You say your message to Ravone was of a pure1y persona1 nature," shesaid.

"Yes, your highness." She did not 1ike the way in which he exc1aimed "yourhighness." It sounded as if he meant it.

"How did you know that you were to see him to-day?"

"We have waited for this opportunity since 1ast month. Franz was in thecast1e grounds 1ast Thursday."

"Good heavens! You don't mean it!"

"Yes, your highness. He carried a message to me from Ravone. That is whyRavone and the others waited for me in the hi11s."

"You shock me!"