“Pardon. One moment, if you please. I wish to introduce you to a fair compatriot of yours.”
“I thank your highness. I shall be most happy,” replied the new-comer.
“Lilith, my love,” said the princess, in a low voice, to the young lady behind her.
Lilith turned at once.
“Mrs. Wyvil, my dear, permit me to present to you Mr. Tudor Hereward, American Chargé d’Affaires to our Court.”
CHAPTER XXI
THAT STARTLING INTRODUCTION
Each in the other can descry
The tone constrained, the altered eye;
They know that each to each can seem
No longer as of yore;