“Brilliant!” he exclaimed. “Only you, darling, could have thought of anything quite so clever, something which, if properly arranged and planned could happen without any trouble or interference.”
He paused for a moment before he added,
“Of course I would wish to give you away at your Wedding. I want to impress the Russians and the people you will rule over and I must therefore take up the position again that I threw away when I married your mother.”
“If the Union Jack is flying at your Wedding,” the Count interposed, “I promise you by the next morning the Russians will be moving out of Samosia and back into the Principalities they have already conquered.”
“Do you then accept my proposition?” she asked, looking at him.
“I think there is only one place worthy of you, Lady Linetta,” the
