Page:The Princess Casamassima (London and New York, Macmillan & Co., 1886), Volume 1.djvu/206

This page has been validated.
192
THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA
XII

away. It must be confessed that Hyacinth also rather wondered what kind of princess she was, and his suspense on this point made his heart beat fast when, after traversing steep staircases and winding corridors, they reached the small door of the stage-box.