“That you’re no longer alone, and that his devotion has now to be divided?”
“Yes; and actually he wasn’t surprised; but, oh, so ridiculously pleased.”
“Ridiculously?”
She answered with a glance and a smile, and then said—
“I think he is the most faithful servant that ever lived.”
“You’ll find his equal in America.”
“What a wonderful country your America is!” she said.
“You’ll say that in earnest when you’ve been there a while;” and with this mixture of banter and gravity we covered our real anxieties while we waited for Prince Kalkov to come.
He was punctual. The clock was on the stroke of three when he was announced.
“You are to the moment, Prince,” I said.