The Peril and The Prince

If it is searched, as I expect it will be, there will be nobody on board except for the attendants.”

you killed and I should be on my way to Siberia!”

Vida gave a cry of horror

Romanov, she can be very vindictive and also very dangerous.”

Vida gave

I knew – that.”

“She has wanted to marry me for quite a time,” the Prince went on, “but very stupidly I did not take her seriously.”

I realised that she had set a trap for me and I was extremely angry!”

But – you are to marry the – Princess Eudoxia!”

“That was her idea, not mine

He liked to play the part of a simple-minded muzhik, but he had a strong streak of Asiatic cunning in his make-up.