Upstairs we went, accompanied by Molly, who is rather a friend of mine and who was hanging on to my arm. Reaching the first floor, we turned to the left, and Mrs Thistleton ushered me into an exceedingly pleasant and handsome bedroom, with a delightful view of the garden. Not conceiving that I could be privileged to view Mrs Thistleton’s own chamber, I concluded that this desirable apartment must be the best or principal guest-room of the house. “There!” said Mrs Thistleton, pointing with her finger towards the mantelpiece. Advancing in that direction, I perceived, affixed to the wall over the mantelpiece, a small gilt frame, elaborately wrought and ornamented with a Royal Crown. Enclosed in the frame, and protected by glass, was a square of parchment, illuminated in blue and gold letters. I read the inscription: _This Room was Occupied by Her Majesty the Queen of Boravia on the Occasion of Her Visit to the Manor House, Southam Parva,_ _27th of June, 1902._ “It’s a very pretty idea, indeed! I congratulate you on it, Mrs Thistleton,” said I. “I do like it; and ‘the Queen’s Room’ sounds such a nice name for it.” “Charming!” I declared. “Why didn’t you put one in the little room upstairs too--the room she slept in all the last part of the time, mamma?” asked Molly. Well, well, children will make these mistakes. I think it was very creditable to Mrs Thistleton that she merely told Molly to think before she spoke, in which case (Mrs Thistleton intimated) she would not ask such a large number of foolish questions. So Mrs Thistleton has a very pleasant memento of her Princess. I have one of her too--a big book, with a picture of the great castle and the broad river flowing below. And in the beginning of the book is written: “To him who did not forget--VERA.” The description still applies. THE NECESSARY RESOURCES The affair had three obvious results: the marriage of Prince Julian, Sir Henry Shum’s baronetcy, and the complete renovation of Lady Craigennoch’s town house. Its other effects, if any, were more obscure.