CHAPTER XXXIX

THE HEART OF THE PRINCESS When Wolfenden opened his paper on Saturday morning, London had already drawn a great breath, partly of relief partly of surprise, for the black head-lines which topped the columns of the papers, the placards in the streets, and the cry of the newsboys, all declared a most remarkable change in the political situation. "THE GERMAN EMPEROR EXPLAINS! THERE WILL BE NO WAR! GERMAN CONSUL ORDERED HOME! NO RUPTURE!" Wolfenden, in common with most of his fellow-countrymen, coul…