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The Princess Virginia By: Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) |
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PRINCESS VIRGINIA BY C. N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON Illustrations by Leon Guipon NEW YORK
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
MCMVII
Copyright, 1907, by McClure, Phillips & Co. Published April, 1907 Copyright, 1906, 1907, by The Curtis Publishing Company
By the same Authors My Friend the Chauffeur
Lady Betty Across the Water
Rosemary in Search of a Father
[Illustration: " Who is that girl?" asked Count von Breitstein ]
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I WHEN THE NEWS CAME 3 II FOUR GENTLEMEN OF IMPORTANCE 28 III A CHAMOIS HUNTER 42 IV THE EAGLE'S EYRIE 52 V LEO VERSUS LEOPOLD 82 VI NOT IN THE PROGRAM 98 VII THE HONORS OF THE DAY 117 VIII THE EMPEROR'S BALL 126 IX IRON HEART AT HOME 152 X VIRGINIA'S GREAT MOMENT 174 XI THE MAN WHO WAITED 197 XII "THE EMPEROR WILL UNDERSTAND" 206 XIII THE MAGIC CITRON 214 XIV THE EMPEROR AT BAY 227 XV THROUGH THE TELEPHONE 246 XVI TRUTH ACCORDING TO THE CHANCELLOR 254 XVII THE OLDNESS OF THE CHANCELLOR 279 XVIII NOT AT HOME 291 XIX THE THIRD COURSE 295 XX AFTER THE CURTAIN WENT DOWN 298
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"WHO IS THAT GIRL?" ASKED COUNT VON
BREITSTEIN Frontispiece FACING
PAGE SHE LOST HER SCANT FOOTHOLD, SLIPPED,
TRIED TO HOLD ON, FAILED, AND SLID
DOWN THE ROCK 50 "LET THE LAW DEAL WITH THE MADMAN; IT
IS MY WILL" 128 "NEVER!" SHE EXCLAIMED. "IT'S AN INSULT" 194 AT SIGHT OF HER THE EMPEROR STOPPED ON
THE THRESHOLD 292 "WE SHALL NEVER BE OLD, FOR WE LOVE
EACH OTHER," SAID THE EMPEROR 300
THE PRINCESS VIRGINIA
CHAPTER I WHEN THE NEWS CAME
"No," said the Princess. "No. I'm dashed if I do." "My darling child!" exclaimed the Grand Duchess. "You're impossible.
If any one should hear you!" "It's he who's impossible," the Princess amended. "I'm just trying to
show you " "Or to shock me. You are so like your grandmother." "That's the best compliment any one can give me, which is lucky, as
it's given so often," laughed the Princess. "Dear, adorable Virginia!"
She cuddled into the pink hollow of her hand the pearl framed ivory
miniature of a beautiful, smiling girl, which always hung from a thin
gold chain around her neck. "They shouldn't have named me after you,
should they, if they hadn't wanted me to be like you?" "It was partly a question of money, dear," sighed the Grand Duchess.
"If my mother hadn't left a legacy to my first daughter only on
consideration that her own extremely American name of Virginia should
be perpetuated " "It was a delicious way of being patriotic. I'm glad she did it. I
love being the only Royal Princess with American blood in my veins and
an American name on my handkerchiefs. Do you believe for an instant
that if Grandmother Virginia were alive, she would let Granddaughter
Virginia marry Prince Henri de Touraine?" "I don't see why not," said the Grand Duchess. "She wasn't too
patriotic to marry an English Duke, and startle London as the first
American Duchess. Heavens, the things she used to do, if one could
believe half the wild stories my father's sister told me in warning!
And as for my father, though a most charming man, of course, he
could not er have been called precisely estimable , while Prince
Henri certainly is, and an exceedingly good match even for you in
present circumstances... Continue reading book >>
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