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"By Jove ! Of course you would! I never thought of that! Why, you'd be some one else and not the princess at all! We shouldn't know where the princess was if we were asked."

"Of course we shouldn't!" said Erebus, per-
ceiving the advantage of this ignorance.

"I generally am the Baroness von Zwettel when I travel," said the princess.

The Terror considered the matter, again frown-
ing thoughtfully: "I suppose you have to have a title. But I think an English one would be best here: Lady Rowington now. No one would ever ask us where Lady Rowington is, because there isn't any Lady Rowington."

"Oh, yes: Lady Rowington—I would wish an English title," said the princess readily.

"If we could only think of some way of mak-
ing them think that she'd been stolen by gipsies, it would be safer still," said Erebus.

"Gipsies don't steal children nowadays," said the Terror; and he paused considering. Then he added, "I tell you what though: Nihilists would—at least they'd steal a princess. Are there any Nihilists in Cassel-Nassau?"

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