Then he glanced at the Ambassador as though questioningly.
"You two must have met," the Prince murmured.
"We have met," Anna declared, smiling, as she made her way towards the door, "but we do not know one another.

It is best like that.

Herr Selingman and I work in the same army--" "But I, madame, am the sergeant," Selingman interrupted, with a low bow, "whilst you are upon the staff." She laughed as she made her adieux and departed.

The door closed heavily behind her.

Selingman came a little further into the room.
"You have read your dispatches this morning, Prince ?" he asked.
"Not yet," the latter replied.