'Be seated! What have you to say ?' 'To say ?' repeated Madame von Rosen, 'O, much to say! Much to say that I would rather not, and much to leave unsaid that I would rather say.

For I am like St.Paul, your Highness, and always wish to do the things I should not.

Well! to be categorical--that is the word ?--I took the Prince your order.

He could not credit his senses.

"Ah," he cried "dear Madame von Rosen, it is not possible--it cannot be I must hear it from your lips.