"Captain Fielder is your cousin, I believe?"
"Yes," giving himself a mental shake, "my second cousin—not a bad sort of chap—rather a silly ass in some things."
"Now I am going to ask you a strange question. Do you think he intends to marry my sister?"
"Well, Miss Chandos, since you put it to me straight like that, I should say that I am sure he does not."
"Captain Haig, do you remember a note you wrote me the morning you left Homburg?"
"I do—I remember everything in any way connected with you" (this was a statement of the wildest exaggeration), "every dress you wore, every word you said, every look you gave me."
"You remember what you said in that letter?"
"I do. If ever the Princess wanted a champion, to summon me."
"I am no Princess now—but I need your help sorely."
"All right, only too glad to get the chance of being of service—to you."