By what rare trick this consummation might be brought about, I did not know, but fortune had been kind so far, and I felt that her capricious ladyship would not abandon us.
Yolanda turned to Max with a soft laugh of satisfaction, settled her skirts about her, as a pleased woman is apt to do, and said contentedly:-- "There, now!" "Fraeulein, you are very kind to me," said Max.
"Yes--yes, I am, Sir Max," she responded, beaming on him.

"Now, tell me what you and Twonette have been talking about." "You," answered Max.
A laugh gurgled in her throat as she asked:-- "What else ?" "I'll tell you if you will tell me what you and Sir Karl were saying," he responded.
"Ah, I see!" she exclaimed, clapping her hands gleefully.

"You were jealous." "I admit it," he answered, so very seriously that one might have thought him in earnest.

"And you, Fraeulein ?" "I jealous ?" she responded, with lifted eyebrows.

"You are a vain man, Sir Max.