I tell you in confidence, but you know it is a fact that they brag shockingly.' 'These Light Division men, Lady Barbara,' said Colonel Audley, 'fancy themselves more important than the rest of the Army put together. 'Audley, this is piracy! Those wishing to dance with Lady Bab must present their credentials a full week beforehand!'Ĭaptain Chalmers, of the 52nd, said: 'Send him about his business, Bab! These staff officers are not at all the thing. 'We shall all send our friends to call upon you!' declared an office of the 1st Guards. 'This leads to an affair of the most sanguinary! I shall immediately send my friends to call upon you!' 'May I have the honour?' said the Colonel.
The Comte de Lavisse said in English: 'But how should that be possible, one asks oneself?' 'Do please grant the Colonel one waltz!' said the Prince, amusement quivering in his voice. Barbara looked down at it with a little bewilderment, as though she wondered why she had extended it. The Colonel, finding a gloved hand held out to him, took it in his, and bent his head to kiss it. 'How do you do?' responded Barbara slowly, still looking at him. The Colonel returned the look, smiled, and said in his pleasant voice: 'How do you do?' There was candid speculation in it, a tolerant smile just parted the lady's lips.
Colonel Audley-Lady Barbara Childe!'Ĭolonel Audley bowed, and looked up to find the Lady Barbara's brilliant gaze upon him. All had, however, to fall back before the Prince of Orange, who led Colonel Audley up to her ladyship, and said with his appealing smile: 'Lady Barbara, I want to present to you a friend of mine who desires beyond anything this introduction. When she left the dancing-floor on the arm of her partner she became engulfed in a crowd of impatient supplicants who would scarcely give place to any under the rank of a general. Colonel Audley had not exaggerated the difficulty of approaching Barbara Childe.
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