I know it was then he wrote this vile, infamous paper, but I thought the thing was invalid." "We've got to it at last--why did you not tell me about it sooner ?" "It's in the inlaid portfolio that he keeps under his pillow," said the princess, ignoring his question.

"Now I know! Yes; if I have a sin, a great sin, it is hatred of that vile woman!" almost shrieked the princess, now quite changed.

"And what does she come worming herself in here for?
But I will give her a piece of my mind.

The time will come!".