In fact, the Princess upbraided her for not letting her into the secret earlier.
"It is just the jolly kind of thing I should have delighted in," wrote her Highness.

"And then, if I had known, I should not have sent that unlucky telegram.

It serves you right for not taking me into your confidence, and I am glad you had a fright.

Think of it coming in at that inopportune moment, just as telegrams do at a play! But, Jennie, are you sure you told me everything?
A letter came from London the day before yours arrived, and it bewildered me dreadfully at first.

Don Stirling, whom I used to know at Washington (a conceited young fellow he was then--I hope he has improved since), wrote to say that he had met a girl at the Duchess of Chiselhurst's ball who had a letter inviting the Princess von Steinheimer to the festivity.