Into her eyes there crept a look of fear, and she was silent.
"The Prince ?" she asked with a queer suspense in her voice.
"Yes--Shere Ali," and Dick became perceptibly embarrassed.

"He is not as friendly to us as he used to be.

There is some trouble," he said lamely.
Violet looked him frankly in the face.

It was not her habit to flinch.

She read and understood his embarrassment.