"If it serveth you I am very content," she answered; "if I can do anything to help I shall be happy——"
The tears sprang into the Prince's eyes. He looked away out of the window.
"Marie—about His late Majesty—I could not help—that he was stopped in Kent ... I would not have had it happen——"
"Do not fear," she answered wildly, "that I do not in everything hold you justified?"
Her voice broke, and she began to weep.
The Prince rose and helped her to her feet.
"We must not show tears here," he said gently, "for we are not at home—but among many enemies——"
She dried her eyes and smiled bravely.
"Do we feel constraint so soon?"
"We pay something," he said sadly, "that we are, by the grace of God, Monarchs of England."