She only had a chance for a quick look.
As they moved across the room she realised that the Kaiser was standing at the far end of the room waiting for them to reach him.
Having never seen Kaiser Wilhelm II, Simona had expected him to be taller.
He also seemed very young when she compared him with the Prince of Wales.
There was, she thought, a somewhat aggressive expression on his face as the Marquis bowed before him.
Almost as if the Kaiser was forcing himself to be pleasant, he held out his hand saying,
“I was not expecting, Marquis, to see you in Berlin.”
The Marquis had been warned previously of the Kaiser’s pride in his own personal strength and how he liked to demonstrate it by the way he shook hands.
His right hand was massive and ugly in appearance and any man who shook it f
