"Not yet, but he is clearly on the track of great things. It is nearly certain that your King David is a person wanted by the law."
Her hand twitched at his arm, but they were turning at the end of the corridor and she pretended to trip over her train.
"Some clues missing still, however, and to find them we are sending Minghelli to London."
"London? Anything connected with my father?"
"Possibly! We shall see. But there's the orchestra and here's your box! You're wonderful, my dear! Already you've undone the mischief he did you, and one half of your task is accomplished. Diplomatists! Pshaw! We'll all have to go to school to a girl. Adieu!"
All through the next act Roma seemed to feel a sting on her arm where the Baron had touched it, and she was conscious of colouring up when the Princess said:
"Everybody is looking this way, my dear! See what it is to be the most talked-of girl in Rome!"
And then she felt David Rossi's hand on the back of her chair, and heard his soft voice saying:
"The light is in your eyes, Donna Roma. Let me change places with you for a while."
After that everything passed in a kind of confusion. She heard somebody say: