In the dim shadow of the curtain her luminous eyes shone more brightly than usual from the tears of joy that were in them.

She leaned over to her brother and kissed him, slightly catching the curtain of the cot.

Each made the other a warning gesture and stood still in the dim light beneath the curtain as if not wishing to leave that seclusion where they three were shut off from all the world.

Prince Andrew was the first to move away, ruffling his hair against the muslin of the curtain.

"Yes, this is the one thing left me now," he said with a sigh.