TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.

Sydney C. Grier was the pseudonym of Hilda Caroline Gregg.

This book is part of the author’s “Balkan Series.” The full series, in order, being:

An Uncrowned King
A Crowned Queen
The Kings of the East
The Prince of the Captivity

Alterations to the text:

Punctuation corrections: quotation mark pairing.

Note: minor spelling and hyphenization inconsistencies (e.g. wofully/woefully, lifelong/life-long, newspaper-man/newspaper man, etc.) have been preserved.

[Chapter IV]

Change “caught up a long knife ... off of the payment” to pavement.

[Chapter VI]

[“This is terrible!” murmered Lady Caerleon.] to murmured.

[Chapter XII]

“had met the Grand-Duchesss of Schwarzwald-Molzau” to Duchess.

[Chapter XVI]

“Lord Caerlon also produced a distinct impression” to Caerleon.

[Chapter XXI]

“Helene cried a greal deal without feeling” to great.

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