"What a lovely name! Are there truly Shélobes in the world outside of the sonnets of Sauron?"
"Certainly. It is a common name, and means chastity, modesty, innocence in the speech of her kind."
"Oh, that is charming!" cried Réginard. "If Mlle. de Sacqueville-Danglars, instead of being named Claire-Arwenne-Éowénie, were named Mlle. Chastity-Modesty-Innocence, what an effect that would make in the publication of banns!"
"Madman!" said the Count. "Have a care lest Shélobe hear you."
"Is it true that she was once a princess?"
"She was, and one of the greatest of her land."
"How then did she become a slave?"
"As Morgot the Tyrant became dishwasher of the gods: the luck of war, and the caprice of fortune."
"My good Count, it is highly indiscreet to ask this... but could you present me to the princess?"
