Gaydon stared at him in wonder, and Wogan recovered himself with a laugh.

"Faith," said he, "it is a question to perplex a man.

I misdoubt but we both had the thought about the same time.

'Wogan,' said he, 'there's the Princess with a chain on her leg, so to speak,' and I answered him, 'A chain's a galling sort of thing to a lady's ankle.' There was little more said if I remember right." Gaydon nodded as though his curiosity was now satisfied.

Wogan's alarm was strange, no doubt, strange and unexpected like the Chevalier's visit to the Caprara Palace.