s of the two
cities, and close at hand the mosaic walls and beautiful gardens of
Constantine.

"Your friends the Hohenwalds don't seem to know you this morning," she
said.

"Oh yes; he spoke to me as we left the hotel," Carlton answered. "But
they are on parade at present. There are a lot of their countrymen
among the tourists."

"I feel rather sorry for them," Miss Morris said, looking at the group
with an amused smile. "Etiquette cuts them off from so much innocent
amusement. Now, you are a gentleman, and the Duke presumably is, and
why should you not go over and say, 'Your Highness, I wish you would
present me to your sister, whom I am to meet at dinner to-morrow night.
I admire her very much,' and then you could point out the historical
features to her, and show her where they have finished off a blue and
green tiled wall with a rusty tin roof, and make pretty speeches to
her. It wouldn't hurt her, and it would do you a lot of good. The
simplest way is always the best way, it seems to me."

"Oh yes, of course," said Carlton. "Suppose he came over here and
said: 'Carlton, I wish you would present me to your young American
friend. I admire her very much,' I would probably say: 'Do you?
Well, you will have to wait until she expresses some desire to meet
you.' No; etiquette is all right in itself, only some people don't
know its laws, and that is the one instance to my mind where ignorance
of the law is no excuse."

Carlton left Miss Morris talking with the Secretary of the American
Legation, and went to look for Mrs. Downs. When he returned he found
that the young Secretary had apparently asked and obtained permission
to present the Duke's equerries and some of his diplomatic confreres,
who were standing now about her in an attentive semicircle, and
pointing out the different palaces and points of interest. Carlton was
somewhat disturbed at the sight, and reproached himself with not having
presented any one to her before. He was sure now that she must have
had a dull time of it; but he wished, nevertheless, that if she was to
meet other men, the Secretary had allowed him to act as master of
ceremonies.

"I suppose you know," that gentleman was saying as Carlton came up,
"that when you pass by Abydos, on the way to Athens, you will see where
Leander swam the Hellespont to meet Hero. That little white
light-house is called Leander in honor of him. It makes rather an
interesting contrast--does it