The Prince spoke to her in a low voice and Paulina noticed that he was now speaking in Hungarian, but not quite so fluently or as accurately as his sister spoke the language.
“You have not answered my question,” the Princess said.
“I think it would be a mistake for me to do so,” the Prince replied. “I want you to be happy, Margarita, and I cannot imagine that any man would wish for the ghosts of his past to go with him on his honeymoon.”
Paulina thought that it would certainly apply where he was concerned and involuntarily a faint smile came to her lips.
As if the Prince had read her thoughts, he said,
“Yes, Miss Handley, I am speaking personally at this moment.”
Paulina looked at him in a startled manner.
She had not expected him to be so perceptive that he would know what she was
