They had no use for salad oil indeed; but it had been an after-thought, and she owed it to her conscience to take it.

That would be the safe course.
In the meantime the archduke was sitting impatiently in the car, looking frequently at his watch.

He had expected the count to return with the princess in, at the longest, a quarter of an hour.

Then he had expected Miss Lambart and Sir Maurice to return with the count and the princess in, at the longest, a quarter of an hour.

None of them returned.