The Princess and her escort--the plebeian upstart--were quite near at hand, and, to the dismay of the smokers, apparently were unaware of their presence in the shadows.

Chase's heart was boiling with disappointed rage.

His idol had fallen, from a tremendous height to a depth which disgusted him.
Then transpired the thing which brought about Hollingsworth Chase's sudden banishment from Rapp-Thorberg, and came near to making him the laughing stock of the service.
The Princess had not seen the two men; nor had the fervent conductor, whose impassioned French was easily distinguishable by the unwilling listeners.

The sharp, indignant "no" of the Princess, oft repeated, did much to relieve the pain in the heart of her American admirer.

Finally, with an unmistakable cry of anger, she halted not ten feet from where Chase sat, as though he had become a part of the stone rail.