[XIX. A LITTLE TOO FAR]

[XX. IN QUEST OF THE WHEREWITHAL]

[XXI. PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE]

[XXII. THE EDUCATION QUESTION]

[XXIII. IN SIGHT OF THE GOAL]

[XXIV. A COMBAT À OUTRANCE]

[XXV. TO THE VICTOR THE SPOILS]

A CROWNED QUEEN.

CHAPTER I.
AN INTERRUPTED HOLIDAY.

The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.