"For Maggie--about her seeing you early. That, I know, is what
she'll like."
"Then I'll come early--thanks."
"I daresay," he went on, "she'll send for you. I mean send a
carriage."
"Oh, I don't require that, thanks. I can go, for a penny, can't
I?" she asked of Mrs. Assingham, "in an omnibus."
"Oh, I say!" said the Prince while Mrs. Assingham looked at her
blandly.
"Yes, love--and I'll give you the penny. She shall get there,"
the good lady added to their friend.
But Charlotte, as the latter took leave of her, thought of
something else. "There's a great favour, Prince, that I want to
ask of you. I want, between this and Saturday, to make Maggie a
marriage-present."
"Oh, I say!" the young man again soothingly exclaimed.
"Ah, but I MUST," she went on. "It's really almost for that I
came back. It was impossible to get in America what I wanted."