The little princess had also left
the tea table and followed Helene.
"Wait a moment, I'll get my work.... Now then,
what are you thinking of?" she went on,
turning to Prince Hippolyte. "Fetch me my workbag."
There was a general movement as the princess,
smiling and talking merrily to everyone at once,
sat down and gaily arranged herself in her seat.
"Now I am all right," she said,
and asking the vicomte to begin,
she took up her work.