"I thought her name was among the list of those present." "It was in the list, and that is just where our mystery begins.

Someone else attended the ball as the Princess von Steinheimer; it is this person that I wish to find." "Ah, then you are employed by the Duke of Chiselhurst ?" "No, I am not, for, strangely enough, I believe the Duke thinks it was actually the Princess who attended the ball.

Only one man knows that the Princess was not present, one man and two women.

Of the latter, one is the Princess von Steinheimer, and the other, the lady who impersonated her.

The one man is Lord Donal Stirling, of the Diplomatic Service, whose name is no doubt familiar to you.