"I met her," observed the King.
"And she said nothing?"
"Not a word about her dress allowance."
"Ah, that's all right, then: she takes what I tell her sometimes." Then with a quick glance the Queen asked abruptly: "Have you seen Max?"
"I fancy I may be seeing him this evening," returned the King casually, for he wished to conceal even from his wife the importance he had begun to attach to his son's visits.
"Something is happening," said the Queen pointedly; "at least, so I am informed. That—that person I told you about—she isn't there now."
"However do you come to know that?" inquired the King, surprised; but his question was ignored.
"She has gone abroad," went on his informant. "Had you said anything to Max?"
"I did speak to him."
"Then it seems to have had its effect."