The two girls looked at each other in amazement. They were dumbfounded,
but a great relief was glowing in their eyes.
"Ellos," inquired the princess, considerably less agitated, "does any
one else know of this?"
"No, your highness, there was no one on guard but Max, Baldos, and
myself,"
"Well, for the present, no one else must know of his flight. Do you
understand? Not a word to any one. I, myself, will explain when the
proper time comes. You and Max have been very careless, but I suppose
you should not be punished. He has tricked us all. Send Max to me at
once."
"Yes, your highness," said Ellos, and he went away with his head
swimming. Max, the other guard, received like orders and then the two
young women sank limply upon a divan.
"Oh, how clever you are, Yetive," came from the American girl. "But what
next?"
"We may expect to hear something disagreeable from Count Marlanx, my
dear," murmured the perplexed, but confident princess, "but I think we
have the game in our own hands, as you would say in America."
CHAPTER XXVI
THE DEGRADATION OF MARLANX
"Aunt Fanny, what is that white thing sticking under the window?"
demanded Beverly late the next morning. She was sitting with her face to
the windows while the old negress dressed her hair.
"Looks lak a love letteh. Miss Bev'ly," was the answer, as Aunt Fanny
gingerly placed an envelope in her mistress's hand.
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