He hastened to the secret door, accordingly, and disappeared.

Calling a cab, he ordered the driver to take him to the Cafe de l'Europe.

The head waiter told him, in answer to his inquiries, that Prince Cagliari was there also,--was, in fact, taking supper with two ladies in a private room.

The secretary asked to be shown thither.
"I knew you would turn up here before the night was over," cried the prince, with a laugh, as the young man entered.

"I had a cover laid for you." The two young women were costumed as _fleurs animees_,--the one as a violet, the other as a tulip.