If my Baron was really Draga's beloved, that would more than half explain mother's puzzle.

FOOTNOTES:

[4] The same who afterwards became the Queen of King Alexander of Servia and eventually the cause of his death and of the extinction of the Obrenovitsch dynasty. Alexander and Draga were both slaughtered in their beds May 29, 1903, ten years after the above was written.


CHAPTER IX

LOVE-MAKING

The fascinating Baron—The man's audacity—Putting the question boldly—Real love-making—Risqué stories for royalty.

Castle Wachwitz, May 1, 1893.