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The Terror rose more slowly. "Good afternoon, Highness. I've come to take you back to the Grange," said Miss Lambart. "I'm not going," said the princess firmly. "I'm afraid you must. Your father is there; and he wants you," said Miss Lambart. "No," said the princess yet more firmly; and she took a step sidewise toward the mouth of the cave.
"She has certainly changed," said Miss Lambart in a tart tone which showed exactly how little she found it a change for the better. "The Twins have a transforming effect on the young," said Sir Maurice in a tone of resignation. "I am much better," said the princess. "I'm getting quite strong, and I can run ever so fast." She stretched out a tanning leg and surveyed it with an air of satisfaction.
Miss Lambart was not long getting ready; and they set out across the park toward the knoll which rose, a rounded green lump, above the surface of the distant wood. Sir Maurice had once walked to it with the Twins; and he thought that his memory of the walk helped by a few inquiries of people they met would take him to it on a fairly straight course.
But Potchefstroom did not enjoy a monopoly of murder. In December 1880, Captain Elliot, who was a survivor from the Bronker Spruit massacre, and Captain Lambart, who had been taken prisoner by the Boers whilst bringing remounts from the Free State, were released from Heidelberg on parole on condition that they left the country.
Miss Lambart with infinite pleasure explained that for her too an expensive path must be hewn, and went on to declare that if they reached the knoll, there was not the slightest chance of their finding the princess in its caves. The archduke frowned and grunted fiercely in his perplexity. Then he struck the table and cried: "Count Zerbst shall do eet! To-morrow morning!
I always have one when I'm in England, of course. I like her. She tries to amuse me. But the baroness doesn't like her," said the princess, and she sighed. "Come along, I'll help you down the bank and take you pretty close to Miss Lambart. It wouldn't do for her to know of this place. It's our secret lair," said the Terror. "I see," said the princess.
The princess wriggled close to the Terror, snuggled against him, and put an arm round his neck. "It was splendid!" she cried, and kissed him. Unaware of the watching eyes, he submitted to the embrace with a very good grace. "Well, I never!" said Miss Lambart. "These delicate children," said Sir Maurice. "But it's certainly a delightful place for lovers. I'm so glad we've found it."
"I thought you said she was delicate," said Sir Maurice. "So she was," said Miss Lambart firmly. Thanks to the careful noiselessness of their approach, they came unseen and unheard to the screen of a clump of hazels at the foot of the knoll, from which they could see the entrance of five caves in its face. They waited, watching it.
They welcomed Miss Lambart warmly; and the princess was indeed pleased to have her fears removed and her position at the knoll secure. They made Miss Lambart one of themselves and admitted her to a full share of the strenuous life. She played her part in it manfully.
The moment he was settled in it Miss Lambart sprang to the seat beside the driver, and insisted on keeping it that she might the more easily direct his course. They were not long reaching the wood; and the chauffeur raised no objection to taking the car up the broad turfed aisle from which ran the path to the knoll.
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