"An ideal American!" she surprised him by saying. "Follow me!"

She led him to the doorway. "Stand here, and I will call the
Countess. At this side, where it is dark."

She opened the door gently and stood in the light for a second.
He saw before him a graceful figure in trailing white, and then
he saw her face. She was Miss Guggenslocker!

"My God!" he hoarsely gasped, staggering toward her. "You! You!
The Princess?"

"Yes, I am the Princess," she whispered, smiling as she glided
away from his side. His eyes went round in his head, his legs
seemed to be anywhere but beneath him, he felt as though he were
rushing toward the ceiling. For the moment he was actually
unconscious. Then his senses rushed back, recalling his mission
and his danger.

"She is sleeping so soundly that I fear to awaken her," whispered
a soft voice at his back, and he turned.. The Princess was
standing in the doorway.

"Then pray stand back where you will be out of danger. They will
be here in a moment, unless they have been frightened away."

"You shall not expose yourself," she said, positively. "Why
should you risk your life now? You have accomplished your
object. You have saved the Princess!"