CHAPTER TWOOnce in the Palace Ilona went up to her bed-room where she found Magda waiting for her.
She had already been told by the servants that her father required her presence, but she wished first to bathe and change after riding, and Magda had everything ready for her.
When they were alone in the huge bedroom which had been used by her mother when she was Queen, Ilona said,
“Did you know, Magda, that the gypsies have been told to leave Dabrozka?”
“I learnt of it as soon as I arrived, M’mselle,” Magda answered.
She was an elderly woman with grey hair and a kind, understanding face.
It was to Magda that the Queen had entrusted her daughter, when she fled from Dabrozka, and Magda had been their mainstay, their confidante, and their friend all the years they had been in exile.
Ilon
