"I should so like to go there! There I should get well again!"
That same evening Chevalier Galban met Bethsaba again. She was afraid of him no longer; she had learned from Zeneida how it beseemed her mother's daughter to act.
At the close of the ball the Princess and Zeneida met in the vestibule. They were waiting for their carriages. From Peterhof to St. Petersburg people go by road.
The Princess accosted Zeneida with:
"It is settled. I thank you for your co-operation."
(Bethsaba was under the escort of Chevalier Galban.)
"We are quits now."
"The little goose has confessed all. She has gone thoroughly astray. She even acknowledged that you had helped her on."
"The chatterbox!"