Volga could demand anything she liked, and your ministry would be forced to submit. He did not know what she meant, but regarded her soft smile as the clear title to the serenity of a princess. She sank back and gave herself over to the complications that were likely to grow out of her involuntary deception. The one thing which worried her more than all others was the fear that Yetive might not be in Edelweiss. According to all reports, she had lately been the move best of St. Petersburg and the mere fact that the move best of was supposed to be traveling by coach was sufficient proof that she was not at her capital.