searching out this woman who had managed to draw the Prince to herself. The news echoed about like a legend that could not conceivably belong to this earth. And in this very period I was receiving numerous invitations to evening parties and lavish banquets, and the hosts, naturally, expected me to

enter accompanied by Ernest and the Prince at one and the same time... They came to watch in my person the one savior who would bring the Prince back into their circles; and it was of course a matter of wonder that this role should be played by an American lady who had been living in London only a short while... And they had their excuse for that, for the Prince had long since given up attending official parties, and instead would flee to the sweet life and to repose, in the arms of nature or in his castle... The Prince came to find comfort in my presence, with Ernest, within the program of his engagements, and together we would oversee the arrangements he intended to make. Nor can I here deny Ernest his kindness: he played his part in the best possible manner, and never once grumbled or complained, though in his inmost self he was not pleased with all this.

That year was full of gaieties and delights, for in it fell the Silver Jubilee, marking the passage of twenty-five years since King George V's accession to the throne of Britain... Never in my life have I seen parties as sumptuous as those given that year, and I attended every one of them. Nor do I forget the great ball held at Buckingham Palace on the 14th of May... After the King and Queen had taken their seats upon the throne, the dancing began. I danced with the Prince, and all the while I felt eyes pursuing me... The King's eyes searched me out however I moved... and I felt that the hall, with all its warmth, had turned into a block of ice and settled upon my head... He was

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