Then she turned toward the door.
"No!" she said.

"I am going to post it." The Princess rose from her chair, and crossing the room locked the door.
"Jeanne," she said, "come here." The girl hesitated.

In the end she obeyed.

The Princess reached out her hand and struck her on the cheek.
"Give me that letter," she commanded.
Jeanne shrank back.

The suddenness of the blow, its indignity, and these new relations which it seemed designed to indicate, bewildered her.