"Courtney has; and it's very regular and very formidable."
She tossed her head sharply.
"It certifies a lie. I wouldn't believe a hundred of them."
"You're a wonder, Dehra; a perfect wonder," I said. "Why should you trust me so?"
She looked up with one of those subduing smiles.
"I don't know, dear," she said. "I have not bothered to analyze it. It's enough for me that I do."
"And enough for me, too, sweetheart," I said and bent and caressed her cheek.
When I raised my head, the King was standing in the doorway. I sprang up and saluted.
"I assume you were not expecting me," he remarked, looking straight at me.
"Your Majesty's logic is faultless," I replied—and I saw the Princess smile.