CHAPTER FOURThey danced two more dances and then, as the floor became crowded Mikloš, said quietly,
“I think you that should go to bed as you have such an important engagement tomorrow evening.”
Because she felt happier than she had ever been in her whole life, Tora gave an exclamation of horror and cried,
“No! No! Please, I want to go on dancing!”
As she spoke, she thought that never again would she be able to dance in such circumstances and enjoy herself as an ordinary girl rather than a Royal Princess.
She looked up at him as she spoke and she thought that his eyes were very understanding before he said as if she had not protested,
“Say goodnight to the Professor and go into the inn. Then I have something to say to you before you go upstairs.”
He spoke very quietly, but there was
