She knew the answer to that, but she wanted to hear him say it.
Once again she heard him draw in his breath as if he felt that she had given him a difficult task.
“How much do you know of the situation in the Balkans at the present moment?”
“Very little,” Giona admitted. “When Papa was alive, I knew a great deal because he was so interested in all the Balkan countries and we used to talk about them together. But the English newspapers never seem to mention any except the Great Powers and, because we are poor and live very quietly in a Grace and Favour house at Windsor, we are not very well informed.”
“Then I must try to explain it to you,” he said. “In I872 the League of the Three Emperors was formed, by which the Austrian, German, and Russian Emperors agreed to work together to preser
