"Were very pretty and interesting women, Heltzendorff," he declared.
"Ah! don't you recollect when you and I dined there not long ago, all of
us at a long table--so many charming ladies--oh!"
"I have forgotten it, Prince," I said, rebuking him. "It has passed from
my memory. That place is just as unfitted for you as is Lung Ching's."
"Lung Ching's! Ah--yes, the old yellow fellow is a good sort," he
exclaimed, as though recollecting.
"And the lady you took there--eh?"
"The lady?" he echoed. "Why, _Gott!_ I left her there. I did not
remember. _Gott!_ I left little Miss Violet in that place!" he gasped.
"Well?" I asked.
"Well, what can I do. I must go and see."