Now, what am _I_ to say when I write to St.
Petersburg ?" In reply to this, Jennie sent a somewhat incoherent letter, very different from her usual style of writing.

She had not mentioned the young man in her former communication, she said, because she had been trying to forget the incident in which he was the central figure.

In no circumstances could she meet him again, and she implored the Princess not to disclose her identity to him even by a hint.

She explained the glove episode exactly as it happened; she was compelled to sacrifice the glove to release her hand.

He had been very kind in helping her to escape from a false position, but it would be too humiliating for her ever to see him or speak with him again.
When this letter reached the Schloss at Meran, the Princess telegraphed to London, "Send me the other glove," and Jennie sent it.