And now, my dear lady, let us talk about Jeanne.

Do you think that you could persuade her to leave London so suddenly ?" "I am going up-stairs now," the Princess said, "to have a little talk with her.

Dine with me here to-night quite quietly, and I will tell you what fortune I have had." De Brensault went away, on the whole fairly content with his visit.

The Princess endorsed his cheque, and with a sigh of relief enclosed it in an envelope, rang for a maid and ordered her carriage.

Then she went up-stairs to Jeanne, whom she found busy writing at her desk.