What will it matter to you if the throne of Posen becomes the laughing-stock of Europe ?' 'I really don't know, Prince,' Nella smiled roguishly.

'But we Americans have, a habit of going right through with anything we have begun.' 'Ah!' he said, 'who knows how this thing will end?
All our trouble, our anxieties, our watchfulness, may come to nothing.

I tell you that when I see Eugen lying there, and think that we cannot learn his story until he recovers, I am ready to go mad.

We might be arranging things, making matters smooth, preparing for the future, if only we knew--knew what he can tell us.

I tell you that I am ready to go mad.