Whither had she gone remained a mystery, and is still a mystery, for she never has returned.

Did she spirit away the other child, the other girl?
I say girl advisedly; if there had been a son, the mother would have retained him.

Two years after this interesting episode, the Princess died, and dying, confessed the deception.

But the curious thing is, nobody believed her.

Her mind was not strong, and it was thought to be a hallucination, this second child.