She had noticed
it the day before in the hotel, and wondered rather how such a
towheaded child could belong to such a dark-visaged couple as the
woman and her husband; probably, she thought, an adopted baby,
especially as the couple were not young.
"Of course Gn?dige Frau will escort the little child up to the
Prince," pursued the woman; but he will be quite good, and do as
he is told."
"We haf some pluffers' eggs shall come fresh from Wien," said the
husband.
The small child and Lady Barbara seemed equally unenthusiastic
about the pretty idea; Lester was openly discouraging, but when
the Burgomaster heard of it he was enchanted. The combination of
sentiment and plovers' eggs appealed strongly to his Teutonic
mind.
On the eventful day the Easter angel, really quite prettily and
quaintly dressed, was a centre of kindly interest to the gala
crowd marshalled to receive his Highness. The mother was
unobtrusive and less fussy than most parents would have been under
the circumstances, merely stipulating that she should place the
Easter egg herself in the arms that had been carefully schooled
how to hold the precious burden. Then Lady Barbara moved forward,
the child marching stolidly and with grim determination at her
side.
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