"Delightful!" she exclaimed. "And we will have a jolly party on the
Garden--and let us be just like ordinary folk and have a public
table--only, a little apart, of course."
"It shall be as you want," I said, and dispatched Major Moore to the
Radnor Box with the invitation.
When he returned, I stepped into the corridor and gave him explicit
instructions as to the supper. I had encouraged both him and Bernheim
to intimate when I was about to make an Archducal _faux pas_, and I saw
he did not approve of the public table. But I gave no heed. I knew
perfectly well it was violating official etiquette for the Princess to
appear there at such an hour; but it was her first request since--well,
since what had occurred a few minutes before--and I was determined to
gratify her. And Moore, being a good courtier, and knowing I had
observed his warning, made no further protest, but saluted and departed
on his mission.
When I rejoined Dehra she had moved forward and was looking over the
audience.
"I have found an ex-compatriot of yours," she remarked.
"Yes?" I said, rather indifferently.
"She has just come into the third box on the right. She is wonderfully
beautiful--or, at least, she looks it from here.
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