"Ah! my dear!... Ah! Mary!" they suddenly exclaimed, and then laughed.

" I dreamed last night..."--"You were not expecting us?..." "Ah! Mary, you have got thinner?..." "And you have grown stouter!..." "I knew the princess at once," put in Mademoiselle Bourienne.

"And I had no idea!..." exclaimed Princess Mary.

" Ah, Andrew, I did not see you.