There were four other couples, all made up of titled people, as it was intended that this special dance should be chronicled, if not in the 'Evening Pulpit,' in some less serious daily journal.

A paid reporter was present in the house ready to rush off with the list as soon as the dance should be a realized fact.

The Prince himself did not quite understand why he was there, but they who marshalled his life for him had so marshalled it for the present moment.

He himself probably knew nothing about the lady's diamonds which had been rescued, or the considerable subscription to St.George's Hospital which had been extracted from Mr Melmotte as a make-weight.

Poor Marie felt as though the burden of the hour would be greater than she could bear, and looked as though she would have fled had flight been possible.