"Her ladyship is not yet down, your Royal Highness."
"Tell her that I wish to see her directly she is down," said the Princess.
The attendant withdrew.
"You were telling me about this army of hers," said Udo. "One of my ideas—I had a good many while I was—er—in retirement—was that she could establish the army properly at her own expense, and that she herself should be perpetual orderly-sergeant."
"Isn't that a nice thing to be?" asked Hyacinth innocently.
"It's a horrible thing to be. Another of my ideas was that——"
The attendant came in again.
"Her ladyship is a little indisposed, and is staying in bed for the present."
"Oh! Did her ladyship say when she thought of getting up?"
"Her ladyship didn't seem to think of getting up at all to-day. Her ladyship told me to say that she didn't seem to know when she'd get up again."