The Adventure of Princess Sylvia

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Produced by Elaine Laizure from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries. THE ADVENTURE OF PRINCESS SYLVIA BOOKS BY C. N. AND A. M. WILLIAMSON THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR THE PRINCESS PASSES MY FRIEND THE CHAUFFEUR LADY BETTY ACROSS THE WATER ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHER THE CAR OF DESTINY THE CHAPERON THE PRINCESS VIRGINIA SET IN SILVER ETC., ETC. THE ADVENTURE OF PRINCESS SYLVIA By MRS. C. N. WILLIAMSON New York Doubleday, Page & Company 1909 AUTHORIZED EDITION DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY TO MY AMERICAN PRINCESS MRS. CLARENCE POSTLEY CONTENTS I. THE ADVENTURE BEGINS 3 II. THE INADVERTENCE OF FRAU JOHANN 24 III. THE YOUNG MAN WITH THE BARE KNEES 34 IV. MAX VERSUS MAXIMILIAN 66 V. NOT DOWN IN THE PROGRAMME 81 VI. THE HONOURS OF THE DAY 98 VII. TEN MINUTES GRACE 107 VIII. THE BEAR IN His DEN 131 IX. A WHITE NIGHT 152 X. "THE EMPEROR WILL UNDERSTAND" 186 XI. THE LAST OF THE MAGIC CITRONS 202 XII. BETWEEN MAN AND MAN 221 XIII. NEWS BY TELEPHONE 248 XIV. THE CHANCELLOR'S LUCK 256 XV. THE OLDNESS OF THE CHANCELLOR 284 XVI. THE OPENING OF A DOOR 297 XVII. THE THIRD COURSE 302 THE ADVENTURE OF PRINCESS SYLVIA The Adventure of Princess Sylvia CHAPTER I THE ADVENTURE BEGINS "Who is Sylvia? What is she, That all our swains commend her?" "I'm dashed if I do!" said the Princess. "My dear--if anyone should hear you!" groaned the Grand Duchess. "He is a most estimable young man, I am sure, and a very suitable match." "Call him a match, if you like; he's certainly a stick. Anyway, he's not a match for me. There's only one existing." And the Princess's eyes were lifted to the heavens, as if the being at whom she hinted were placed high as the sun that shone above her. The Grand Duchess was not herself "Hereditary." Her dear lord and master had been that, which was perhaps the reason why such stateliness as she had was almost all acquired. She dropped it sometimes, when alone with her unmarried, unmanageable young daughter; and to-day (in the sweet, old-fashioned garden of the house at Richmond, lent by Queen Victoria) was one of these occasions. The Grand Duchess pouted, and looked like a plump, sulky, elderly child, as she inquired what the Princess Sylvia expected in the way of a matrimonial prize. "What do I expect?" echoed the young lady. "I expect an emperor. In fact, the Emperor." For a few moments the Grand Duchess of Eltzburg-Neuwald remained dumb. Then she inadequately murmured, "Dear me!" Yet her demeanour did not suggest a stricken mind. She merely looked surprised, with an added expression that might signify a slow mental readjustment. "It is really not entirely impossible," she commented at last. "But-- the Emperor of Rhaetia is a very great man." "He is the only man," returned the Princess calmly. "He always has

A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

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