It is a good thing that you have me to look after you." Jeanne leaned a little forward in her chair, and looked steadfastly at her stepmother.
"I suppose," she said, "that you are right.

You know the world, at any rate, and you are clever.

But often you puzzle me.

Why at first did you want me to marry Major Forrest ?" The Princess' face seemed suddenly to harden.
"I never wished you to," she said coldly.

"However, we will not talk about that.