\" he continued, \"the telephone rang, and it was the Princess. She ordered Madame von Hofstetter and her maids to follow her immediately to the Hotel Madagascar. They packed very hastily, and left within half an hour.\"
\"Then they were all out of the house before the alarm of the Commodore's illness was raised?\"
\"Yes, Madame. I sent the trunks to the hotel later.\"
\"Have you any idea of the reason for the Princess's abrupt departure?\"
\" he continued, \"the telephone rang, and it was the Princess. She ordered Madame von Hofstetter and her maids to follow her immediately to the Hotel Madagascar. They packed very hastily, and left within half an hour.\"
\"Then they were all out of the house before the alarm of the Commodore's illness was raised?\"
\"Yes, Madame. I sent the trunks to the hotel later.\"
\"Have you any idea of the reason for the Princess's abrupt departure?\"
