What was more, they really thought that Queens and Princesses should travel wherever they wished to go in a carriage with a Lady-in-Waiting seated opposite them.
Although the sun was already warm Ileana had not bothered to change from her severe Cossack-like uniform into one of her attractive habits that were made to suit all the seasons of the year.
Instead she merely put on a fur cap, the lightest she possessed. It was made of sable and framed her face, throwing into prominence the quality of her skin and the light in her eyes.
“Where are we going, Your Royal Highness?” Captain Heviz asked when they were some way from the Palace.
“We are on a voyage of discovery,” Ileana replied, reining in Satan a little so that the Captain could hear what she said.
Captain Pokal, who was riding on
