CHAPTER FIVEYolisa found it just impossible to find an answer to what the Prince had said.
He gazed at her for a long moment.
“Let’s ride on a little further,” he suggested, “and then we must go back to civilisation.”
The horses were only too willing and they rode on until it was easy to see the tall mountains ahead, some of which still had their cover of winter snow.
There was a stream running beneath them and, as they pulled in their horses near to it, Yolisa exclaimed,
“Your country is so lovely! Whatever happens, you must not lose it.”
“That is what I keep saying to myself,” the Prince replied, “but I am well aware that it will not be easy.”
There was almost a sad note of despondency in his voice.
Without really thinking Yolisa said,
“You will win, I feel sure that you will w
