“Perhaps I'll come and visit you,” said Midchekoff. “I shall have to go to Vienna soon.”
Lady Hester bowed and smiled her acknowledgments for this not over-gracious speech.
“May we follow you, too, Lady Hester?” asked the Sicilian.
“We expect that much from your loyalty, gentlemen. Our exile will test your fidelity.”
“There 's something or other inconvenient about the stables,” said Midchekoff, “but I forget what it is; they are up a mountain, or down in a valley. I don't remember it, but the Emperor said it was wrong, and should be changed.”
“They are on the opposite side of the lake, Prince,” interposed Jekyl, “and you must cross over to your carriage by boat.”
“Oh, delightful, quite delightful!” exclaimed Lady Hester, with childish joy, at the novelty.
“La Rocca is on a little promontory,” said Jekyl, “only approachable from the water, for the mountain is quite inaccessible.”
“You shall have a road made, if you wish it,” said the Prince, languidly.
“On no account. I would n't for the world destroy the isolation of the spot.”