Hylda caught the look in her face.

"What has happened?
Is there news?
Who has been here ?" she asked.
The Duchess took her hands.

"Nahoum has gone to tell Prince Kaid.

He came to you with the good news first," she said with a flutter.
She felt Hylda's hands turn cold.

A kind of mist filled the dark eyes, and the slim, beautiful figure swayed slightly.