“Because only three days ago I returned from abroad after an absence of five months.”
This effrontery was too much for the police official. “It’s not true!” he blurted out.
Her face darkened. “What!” she cried.
“Captain—you forget yourself!” cut in the sharp voice of Berloff.
“I do not understand the insolence of this underling of yours, prince,” she said majestically. “I do not care what he thinks or believes. I have nothing more to say to him. If you desire to set him right, you may.”
“Captain,” said the prince severely, “I myself met her when she arrived.”
“You!”
Triumph glittered in the officer’s eye. “I believe I have seen madame before,” he said
“And from August until three days ago the princess——”