It would be sadly remiss, however, to suppress the information that he could not banish the fair face of the Princess Genevra from his thoughts during the long voyage; nor would it be stretching the point to say that his day dreams were of her as he sat and smoked in his bungalow porch.
Before Chase left London, Sir John Brodney bluntly cautioned him against the dangers that lurked in Lady Deppingham's eyes.
"She won't leave you a peg to stand on, Chase, if you seek an encounter," he said.

"She's pretty and she's clever, and she's made fools of better men than you, my boy.

I don't say she's a bad lot, because she's too smart for that.

But I will say that a dozen men are in love with her to-day.

I suppose you'll say that she can't help that.