"I doubt if she's ever heard of his toy kingdom before and yet he's probing her interest with every atom of skill he can command." Puzzled and annoyed he fell quiet.
"It is somewhat inaccessible--my country," Tregar was saying smoothly.
"One climbs the shaggy mountain by a winding road.

You have climbed it perhaps--touring ?" "Excellency, no!" regretted Diane.

"I fear it is quite unknown to me." "Ah!" exclaimed the patriotic Baron, "that is indeed unfortunate.

For it is well worth a visit." He turned to Philip.

"You are pale and quiet, Poynter," he added kindly.