I knew I could not carry it out." She covered her face with her hands and began to weep, speaking while she sobbed:-- "My troubles are more than I can bear." I wished to reassure her at once:-- "Most Gracious Princess--Yolanda--your secret is safe with me.

You are as dear to me as if you were my child.

You have nestled in my heart and filled it as completely as one human being can fill the heart of another.

I would gladly give my poor old life to make you happy.

Now if you can make use of me, I am at your service." "You will not tell Sir Max ?" she sobbed.
She was no longer a princess.