I recognized him by his great beard, of which I have heard you speak.

Yolanda caught one glimpse of the men and ran back to the house without so much as giving me a word of farewell." "What did you say during the brief interview ?" I asked.
"Not one word," he replied.
"By my soul, you are an ardent lover," I exclaimed.
"I think she understood me," Max replied, confidently; and doubtless he was right.
Once more the riddle was solved.

A few more solutions and there would be a mad Styrian in Burgundy.

My reflections were after this fashion: Princesses, after all, do wander by the moat side and loiter by the bridge.

Princesses do go on long journeys with no lady-in-waiting to do their bidding and no servants ready at their call.