“Kidnap her!” exclaimed Freddie.
“When a man becomes infatuated by a woman he will do anything to get his own way and, although I will do my best, I cannot protect Alissia all the time.”
“No, of course not,” he answered vaguely.
When the keeper passed on into the Park, Alissia began to walk slowly and rather reluctantly back towards where she thought her stepmother might be.
It was then, before the dogs were out of sight, that the King, accompanied by Clive, came out of another door with tennis rackets in their hands.
Alissia stopped still.
She was right in the path of the two men.
Only as they reached her, did she remember to drop a deep curtsy.
Even as she did so, Clive exclaimed,
“Alissia! You must be Alissia! It is you. I have been hunting for you everywhere and had been told
