"In fact she's leading a far better and healthier and more intelligent life than she does here.

The doctor's orders were never properly carried out." "Ees zat zo ?" said the archduke, frowning at the baroness.
"Eengleesh doctors! What zey know?
Modern!" cried the baroness scornfully.
In loud and angry German the archduke fell furiously upon the baroness, upbraiding her for her disobedience of his orders.

The baroness defended herself loudly, alleging that the princess would by now be dying of a galloping consumption had she had all the air and water the doctors had ordered her.

But the archduke stormed on.

At last he had some one on whom he could vent his anger with an excellent show of reason; and he vented it.
Presently, for the sake of Miss Lambart's counsel in the matter, they returned to the English tongue and discussed seriously the matter of the princess remaining at the knoll.