``Assuredly,'' she
said.
``Very well,'' I continued. ``I am proud, too.
What I have done I have done unaided, and, to be
frank with you, I rather approve of it. My work
is my patent of nobility, and I am not willing to
associate with those from whom it would have to be
concealed or with those who would look down upon
it.''
The Princess sighed. I was a new type to her,
too, as new as she was to me; but I had the ad-
vantage of her, for I could understand her point of
view, whereas she apparently could not follow mine.
She was very gracious to me, however, showing me
kindness and friendship in a dozen ways, giving me
an immense amount of her time and taking rather
more of my time than I could spare, but never for-
getting for a moment that her blood was among the
oldest in Europe, and that all her traditions were in
keeping with its honorable age.
After the Berlin meeting Miss Anthony and I
were invited to spend a week-end at the home of
Mrs. Jacob Bright, that ``Aunt Susan'' might re-
new her acquaintance with Annie Besant. This
visit is among my most vivid memories. Originally
``Aunt Susan'' had greatly admired Mrs. Besant,
and had openly lamented the latter's concentration
on theosophical interests--when, as Miss Anthony
put it, ``there are so many live problems here in this
world.'' Now she could not conceal her disapproval
of the ``other-worldliness'' of Mrs.
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