CHAPTER THREEFor a moment, the Princess and Lord Victor just stared at each other.
Then she said as though it burst from her lips,
“Oh, but you are young!”
Even as she spoke, the Princess realised what she had said and put her fingers to her mouth.
Lord Victor glanced to see where the Ambassador was and to his relief the Captain was showing him a chart.
He looked at the Princess who was smiling.
“I am sorry,” she whispered, “but it was such a surprise to see you.”
“And I am equally surprised on seeing Your Royal Highness,” Lord Victor replied.
He realised that she was amused and she must have guessed that he had been expecting somebody very different.
Her appearance was certainly unpredictable in that she was small and very slim.
Her heart-shaped face seemed to be overwhelmed by
