“She’s asked a number of friends—to meet the Emperor.”
“Oh! He didn’t speak of it—when we danced.”
“But she has mentioned it to him since, no doubt,—before giving me the invitation. Intimate friend of his as she is, she wouldn’t dare ask people to meet him, if he hadn’t first sanctioned the suggestion. Still, she can afford to be more or less informal. The Baroness was dancing with the Emperor, I remember now, just before she came to me. They were talking together quite earnestly. I can recall the expression of his face.”
“Was it pleased, or—”
“I was wondering what she could have said to make him look so happy. Perhaps—”
“What answer did you give Baroness von Lyndal?”
“I told her—I thought you wouldn’t mind—I told her we would go.”