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The Princess Aline by Richard Harding Davis
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interest the two men showed in him. On the morning following
he sent Nolan out to purchase a catalogue at the first station
at which they stopped, and found that his guess was a correct
one. A portrait of himself had been reproduced in black and
white, with his name below it.

"Well, they know who I am now," he said to Miss Morris, "even,
if they don't know me. That honor is still in store for them."

"I wish they did not lock themselves up so tightly," said Miss
Morris. "I want to see her very much. Cannot we walk up and
down the platform at the next station? She may be at the window."

"Of course," said Carlton. "You could have seen her at
Buda-Pesth if you had spoken of it. She was walking up and
down then. The next time the train stops we will prowl up and
down and feast our eyes upon her."

But Miss Morris had her wish gratified without that exertion.
The Hohenwalds were served in the dining-car after the other
passengers had finished, and were in consequence only to be
seen when they passed by the doors of the other compartments.
But this same morning, after luncheon, the three Princesses,
instead of returning to their own car, seated themselves in
the compartment adjoining the dining-car, while the men of
their party lit their cigars and sat in a circle around them.

"I was wondering how long they could stand three men smoking
in one of the boxes they call cars," said Mrs. Downs. She was
seated between Miss Morris and Carlton, directly opposite the
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