Hildegarde

Hildegarde finds herself transplanted from the middle western farm to the gay social whirl of the East.

He is to marry Princess Hildegarde of Bavaria who is said to be very pretty.

The days when I was Hildegarde, and Ulric was my lover, are as clear to me as moonlight.

"It is of no consequence, thank you," murmured Hildegarde, with cold civility.

He was a malevolent churl too, Hildegarde thought; indeed she was sure of it.