"Prikazeno, Highness, it is ordered," he said simply.
She turned and walked the way she had come, turning into the big square followed by a small escort of Cossacks.
They walked in silence for some time, and it was the girl who first spoke.
"What do you think of Russia, Mr. Hay?" she asked.
He jerked his head round at her in surprise.
"You didn't know me on the hill," she laughed, "but I knew you! And there are not so many foreigners in the Kieff region that you should be unknown to the Grand Duke," she said, "and besides, you were at the reception which my father gave a year ago."
"I did not see your Highness there," said Malcolm. "I came especially——" he stopped short in confusion.
"That was probably because I was not visible," she replied dryly. "I have been to Cambridge for a year to finish my education."
"That is why your English is so good," he smiled.