Both the Princess and Forrest frowned when they saw who it was.

It was Andrew de la Borne.
"That infernal fisherman!" Forrest muttered.

"I saw in the paper that he had returned this afternoon from The Hague." The Princess made an involuntary movement forward, but Forrest checked her.
"You can do no good," he said.

"Wait and see what happens." What did happen was very simple, and for the Count de Brensault a little humiliating.

Jeanne passed her arm through the newcomer's and with the curtest of nods to her late companion, disappeared through an open doorway.