Herr Leinfelder himself appeared upon the gravel, his round red face beaming at the sight of guests, evidently of importance, at a time when so few guests of any kind at all came.

John in his role of chauffeur said to him with an air of importance: "A lady of the family of Prince Karl of Auersperg, on her way to Trieste.

She wishes a room, the very best room you have, to which she can retire with her maid and seek the rest she so badly needs after her long journey over bad roads." The good Herr Leinfelder bowed low.

John's manner impressed him.

It was a perfect reproduction of the style affected by the flunkies of the great.
"We have a splendid chamber for the princess and a smaller one adjoining for her maid," said the host.