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"For his happiness with his English wife, Max and I have paid every day of our lives! . . . As soon as I was of age, I refused the State allowance granted me as a daughter of Boris Mazaroff, and left the Ruvanian Court. Since then I've lived in England as plain Miss Lermontof, and earned my own living. Not one penny of their tainted money will I touch!" fiercely. "But Max Max!" broke in Diana.
"And that he is involved in Ruvanian politics. Something is going to happen there, in Ruvania " "Yes to that also. Something is going to happen there. The republic is down and out, and the last of the Mazaroffs is going to receive back the ducal crown." There was a tinge of mockery in Miss Lermontof's curt tones. Diana gave a cry of dismay. "Not not Max?" she stammered.
Tell me," she continued, with an effort, "tell me about Nadine Mazaroff." "Nadine?" cried Olga, with sudden violence. "Nadine Mazaroff is the woman I hate more than any other on this earth!" Her eyes gleamed malevolently. "She stands where Max should stand. If it were not for her the Ruvanian people would have accepted him as their ruler and overlooked his English mother.
"I stayed at the Ruvanian Court many years there was a post of Court musician which I filled and for both of us those years held much of sadness. The Grand Duke Anton was a domineering man, hated by every one, and his wife's happiness counted for nothing with him. She had failed to give him a son, and for that he never pardoned her. I think my presence comforted her a little.
"You mean Adrienne?" whispered Diana, as Olga paused an instant, shaken by emotion. "Yes, I mean Adrienne Nadine Mazaroff. Her parents were killed in the Ruvanian revolution butchered by the mob on the very steps of the palace. But she herself was saved by my brother.
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