They were going the other way, toward Metz, and perhaps only one was a real prince." "Maybe this prince had seen enough of battles ?" "I cannot say.

I saw him only once.

He was a large man, middle-aged, and he had a great brown beard." John's whole body stiffened.

Questions leaped to his lips, but he compelled his muscles to relax and by a great effort he assumed a tone of indifference.
"What was the prince's name ?" he asked with apparent carelessness.
"I don't know, but the people around him were as respectful to him as if he were a king.

There were two women with him, but the master himself served these two alone in their room." "But you caught a glimpse of one of the women, the younger, Annette ?" said Johanna.
"So I did, but it was only a glimpse." "What did she look like ?" asked John, who was trying to keep down the beating of his heart.
"It was only a second, but I saw a face that I will never forget.