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Updated: June 1, 2025


"How delightful to be a Colonel," said Lady Helen. "I would wear the uniform all the time if it were becoming." "How could it be otherwise?" I exclaimed. "No sarcasm, sir," she said sharply. "No, Major Dalberg, no sarcasm," Dehra cautioned, "or you will be asking, presently, if I won my commission on the field of battle." "I would rather not imagine you on the field of battle," I answered.

She is ugly in heart," I said. "I wonder what brings her to Dornlitz?" "The man beside her, doubtless," said Dehra. "Then he's spending money on her like water or she has some game afoot," I exclaimed. "You paint her very dark, dear." "Listen," I said. "She was the wife of Colonel Spencer of the American Army.

Only one woman could have the privilege of entering the King's presence unbidden. As Courtney and I arose and stepped back, the Princess halted uncertainly. "Come, Dehra," said the King. "You know the American Ambassador." Courtney bowed, but the Princess held out her hand, saying cordially: "We are glad to welcome Mr. Courtney here as a resident."

"What you mean is that she would not be here but for the fact that by Henry's Decree she would be your lawful wife and I powerless to interfere." I made no answer. I was rather anxious for him to pursue the premise to its conclusion. "You see where that deduction leads," he went on: "only Dehra and Lotzen know the Laws of our House."

"What chance would a mentality have against that woman's actual presence?" she asked. "It would depend entirely on the man, and I am immune thanks to Spencer's dead face and your sweet one." Dehra smiled brightly. "Spencer's dead face is a mentality infinitely more potent than my living one; but I think the two should hold you. Yet, I hate that woman yonder.

All this was known to the Kingdom, and the vast majority of the people were with the Princess. The Army was with her to a man. The first proposal Dehra had declined promptly to the Prince in person. He had made it lover-like, and not through the diplomatic channels. After that the Titian Foreign Office took a hand, and the poor girl's troubles began.

DOONE. Exactly. Because she stays down here. The only way to keep her fit would be to send her to the Hills for eight months and the same with any woman. I fancy I see myself taking a wife on those terms. MACKESY. With the rupee at one and sixpence. The little Doones would be little Dehra Doones, with a fine Mussoorie chi-chi anent to bring home for the holidays.

He wore the full dress uniform of a Lieutenant-General of Cavalry; and, with his black hair and moustache and well-cut face, he looked, in every line, the dashing beau sabreur. When he had greeted the King, and spoken to Lady Helen, he turned and, with eyes on Dehra, came toward us. Courtney and I arose and stepped back.

But Dehra, naturally, thought of the meeting in the forest six years before. "It was a long time ago, but I think I did notice the resemblance in a casual way," she said. The King stared at her in surprise; Courtney smiled slightly and glanced at me, and Lady Helen's eyes shot from Dehra to me and back again in a vain attempt to understand.

"But have you no interest in the American?" she asked. "None except that she interests you. In the third box, did you say?" I asked, turning slowly toward it. "Why, Armand, you know her!" said Dehra, suddenly. Trust a woman to read a man's face. "Yes," said I, "I have seen her before to-night." She gave me a sharp look. "And have known her, too n'est ce pas?" "Yes after a fashion," I answered.

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