CHAPTER TWO
Driving his chaise with Princess Marigold beside him, Prince Holden related,
“We have escaped for the moment and it was just luck that I sat next to the Duchess of Ilchester at dinner last night.”
“I think Fate is on our side,” the Princess replied, “and now we have to persuade this Greek woman that it is advantageous for her daughter to go to Athens in my place.”
The Prince looked serious.
He was thinking privately that it was very unlikely that the Vicar’s wife would agree to anything quite so extraordinary.
What was more, he was certain that their plot would be discovered and Queen Victoria would be furious with them both.
However he knew better than to say so at this particular moment.
As they drove on, Princess Marigold commented,
“It will be wonderful to get away
