"How romantic!" she exclaimed, when I had finished my tale. "Father will be so interested."
I almost tumbled out of the chair. "Lord Radnor will not have the opportunity to be interested," I said sharply. "You may not tell him, nor anyone."
"Certainly not, if you wish it," she said instantly.
I thought she could be trusted; but it would do no harm to give her a bit of warning as to the situation.
"None but the King, the Princess and Courtney knows of this relationship," I said.
She regarded me with an amused smile. "Which means, if it become known, I alone could be the tattler."
There was no need to press the point further.
"It is His Majesty's secret as well as mine," I said, as if in explanation.
She shrugged her pretty shoulders. "I shall keep it because it's—yours," she answered.
There was no doubt Lady Helen could be fetching when she was so minded.