She had never expected to see him again.

He had come and gone, and she had thought that the beginning and the end.

Ah, if only she were not a princess! If only some hand would sweep aside those insurmountable barriers called birth and policy! To be free, to be the mistress of one's heart, one's dreams, one's desires! "And you did it all alone," she said, softly; "all alone." "O, I had the advantage; I was not expected.

It was all over before they knew what had happened." "And you had the courage to take a poor dog's part?
Did you know whose dog it was ?" "Yes, your Highness, I recognized him." A secret gladness stole into her heart, and to cover the flame which again rose to her cheeks, she bent and smoothed the dog's head.

This gave Maurice an opportunity to look at her.