However, she was not allowed to erase all thought of Lord Donal from her mind, even if she could have accomplished this task unimpeded.

There shortly arrived a brief note from the Princess enclosing a letter the young diplomatist at St.Petersburg had written.
"DEAR PRINCESS" (it ran),--"I am very much obliged to you for the companion glove, as I am thus enabled to keep one and use the other as a clue.

I see you not only know who the mysterious young lady is, but that you have since met her, or at least have been in correspondence with her.

If the glove does not lead me to the hand, I shall pay a visit to you in the hope that you will atone for your present cruelty by telling me where to find the owner of both glove and hand." With regard to this note the Princess had written, "Don is not such a fool as I took him to be.

He must have improved during the last few years.