Those who had come to meet him were looking at her somewhat curiously.
“I must tell you,” he said, “that I have brought back with me an English Governess for my family. I thought it was time for all of us to speak the language of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain who, I hope and pray, will help us in the way we want her to do.”
The Comptroller of the Port from his office window looked at him sharply and then whispered into the Count’s ear,
“Has the Queen agreed?”
“I will tell you later,” the Count said. “All I want at the moment is to go home to see if my wife and family are safe and well.”
“That is what we all want,” one of the men who had come to meet him added. “The Russians are, in fact, a great deal nearer than they were when you left.”
“Tell me all about it as soon as we g
