"I know you're pretty well in the same box." "That," the Princess remarked, "scarcely expresses it.

I am a great deal worse off than you, because I have a houseful of unpaid servants, and a mob of tradespeople, who are just beginning to clamour.

I see that you are looking at my necklace," she continued.

"I can assure you that I have not a single real stone left.

Everything I possess that isn't in pawn is of paste." "Then don't you see, Ena," he said, "that this thing really must be hurried forward?
De Brensault is ready enough, isn't he ?" "Quite," she answered.
"And he understands the position ?" "I think so," the Princess answered.