"It makes Vienna look to her laurels, eh, Herr?" said Johann.
"But it must have cost a pretty penny."
"Aye, that it did; and the king is being impressed with that
fact every day. There are few such fine palaces outside of first-
class kingdoms. The cathedral there was erected at the desire of
a pope, born five hundred years ago. It is full of romance.
There is to be a grand wedding there on the twentieth of this
month. That is why there are so many fashionable people at the
hotels. The crown prince of Carnavia, which is the large kingdom
just east of us, is to wed the Princess Alexia, the daughter of
the king."
"On the twentieth? That is strange."
"Strange?"
"), I meant nothing," said the Englishman, jerking back his
shoulders; "I had in mind another affair."
There was a flash in Johann's eyes, but he subdued it before the
Englishman was aware of its presence. "However," said Johann,
"there is something strange. The prince was to have arrived a week
ago to complete the final arrangements for the wedding. His suite
has been here a week, but no sign of his Highness. He stopped
over a train at Ehrenstein to visit for a few hours a friend of
the king, his father.
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