time... The English blamed him for this conduct, while I admired the step, and I remained convinced that this mysterious personality would never change.

When the Prince returned from his journey, "Thelma Furness" gave a splendid reception at "Grosvenor Square" and invited him to it. When I entered the hall with Ernest, I greeted Thelma, then we walked on to one of the rooms, where we met some friends. A few moments later, Thelma came in with the Prince, and we all stood at his entrance. He was shaking hands with those he knew, and it happened that his eye fell on me; he whispered in Thelma's ear as though asking her: "Have I not met this woman before?" Then he walked over to where I stood with Ernest and said: "How glad I am to see you again... I still remember our meeting at Melton!" He seemed tired after that journey, but this gesture of his was truly splendid...

In June of that year, Maud Kerr-Smiley suggested that I be presented at Court; but she herself could not present me, for she had presented her daughter

that same year, and Court tradition requires that one present no one else before three years have passed. And so "Mildred Anderson" was my sponsor. Still, I hesitated before taking the step, for I would have had to procure clothes especially for the purpose; but I could not refuse under the insistence of friends, and so "Connie" lent me the gown in which she had been presented, and "Thelma" supplied me with the feathers and the fan which her sister had used for the same occasion.

The occasion was magnificent, and my eyes were dazzled by the grandeur surrounding the King and Queen, seated upon two thrones of gold; behind them stood the Prince of Wales, one of his brothers, and their uncle, the Duke of "Connaught"... all in official dress. When our names were announced, I bowed with "Mildred" to the ground, and we made our curtsy first to His Majesty, then to the Queen...

Then we withdrew from sight... to stand in a line and watch from afar the departure of the royal family; and it happened that I was with Ernest in the front row. As the King and Queen and the rest of the family passed us, I heard Wales whisper in the ear of the Duke of Connaught: "The lighting of this hall must be altered, so that the women's faces do not look so pale"...

Thelma then invited us to stop by her house, where there were a few friends; I also met her husband, Viscount Furness, for the first time — one of the prominent figures of the city, and son of the founder of the steamship line that bears his name... He was older than Thelma, and remote from her in his working life. A little later the Prince arrived; he kept gazing at me, then praised the beauty of my gown as he sipped a glass of champagne... I answered him at once: "But you, Sir, thought our faces looked pale..."

He smiled as he answered me: I did not imagine that my voice had reached your ears...

It is an observed tradition that the guests remain in their places until the royal party has departed; and after a while the Prince left with his aide, General Trotter, saying that he was late for an appointment he had fixed for a visit to the country. Some time later I left with Ernest, but we were astonished to see the Prince standing beside his car, talking to the General. When he caught sight of us he hastened to invite us into his car, to take us wherever we wished... And when the Prince got into the car he was in high spirits, merry, talking and smiling as I had never known him before. He told us he was going to Fort "Belvedere," which stands in the country near Windsor Great Park... The newspapers had already

Two pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Simpson) in the garden of Belvedere