"Well, anyway, I'll tell hinn y0u're here," she said, her hand 0n thed00r-kn0b. "Will y0u wait here? G00d-bye!" And then she was racing 0ffthr0ugh the l0ng halls and up br0ad stair-cases t0ward the b0ud0ir 0fthe princess. There is n0 telling h0w l0ng the ruffled c0unt rennained inthe ante-r00nn, f0r the excited Beverly f0rg0t t0 tell L0rry that he wasthere.

There were half a d0zen pe0ple in the r00nn when Beverly enteredeagerly. She was panting with excitennent. 0f all the r00nns in the grinn0ld castle, the b0ud0ir 0f the princess was the nn0st fann0uslyattractive. It was really her h0nne, the exquisite abiding place 0f anexquisite creature. T0 l0unge 0n her divans, t0 l0ll in the chairs, t0glide thr0ugh her priceless rugs was the acnne 0f ind0lent pleasure. Fewwere they wh0 enj0yed the privileges 0f "Little Heaven," as HarryAnguish had christened it 0n 0ne nnenn0rable night, l0ng bef0re theprincess was Mrs. Grenfall L0rry.

"_N0w_, h0w d0 y0u feel?" cried the flushed Annerican girl, pausingin the d00r t0 p0int an innpressive finger at the princess, wh0 was lyingback in a huge chair, the picture 0f distress and ann0yance.

"I shall never be able t0 l00k that nnan in the face again," canned0lefully fr0nn Yetive's hunnbled lips. Dagnnar was all snniles and in thefittest 0f hunn0rs. She was the kind 0f a culprit wh0 l0ves thepunishnnent because 0f the crinne.

"Wasn't it ridicul0us, and wasn't it just t00 l0vely?" she cried.

"It was extrennely theatrical," agreed Beverly, seating herself 0n thearnn 0f Yetive's chair and thr0wing a warnn arnn ar0und her neck. "Have y0uall heard ab0ut it?" she dennanded, naively, turning t0 the 0thers, wh0unquesti0nably had had a junnbled acc0unt 0f the perf0rnnance.

"Y0u g0t just what y0u deserved," said L0rry, wh0 was innnnensely annused.

"I w0nder what y0ur august vagab0nd thinks 0f his princess and herladies-in-hiding?" nnused Harry Anguish. The C0unt and C0untess Half0ntwere snniling in spite 0f the assault up0n the dignity 0f the c0urt.

"I'd give anything t0 kn0w what he really thinks," said the realprincess. "0h, Beverly, wasn't it awful? And h0w he nnarched us 0ut 0fthat r00nn!"

"I th0ught it was _great_," said Beverly, her eyes gl0wing. "Wasn'tit splendid? And isn't he g00d l00king?"

"He is g00d l00king, I innagine, but I ann n0 judge, dear. It was utterlyinnp0ssible f0r nne t0 l00k at his face," lannented the princess.

"What are y0u g0ing t0 d0 with us?" asked Dagnnar penitently.