The carriage is at the door." The Prince held out his hand.
"My dear Souspennier," he said, "you must not think of taking Lucille away from us." "Indeed," Mr.Sabin answered coolly.

"Why not ?" "It must be obvious to you," the Prince answered, "that we did not send to America for Lucille without an object.

She is now engaged in an important work upon our behalf.

It is necessary that she should remain under this roof." "I demand," Mr.Sabin said, "that the nature of that necessity should be made clear to me." The Prince smiled with the air of one disposed to humour a wilful child.
"Come!" he said.

"You must know very well that I cannot stand here and tell you the bare outline, much less the details of an important movement.