Modern Screen (Jan-Dec 1960)

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a tragic princess tries to rebuild her shattered life ■ It had been a strange little party at the Palace that night. Grace, the Princess, had had a headache. Rainier, the Prince, had been moody over some business transaction gone wrong during the day. Their guests, a Count from here, a ship owner from there, their overdressed and underdressed ladies — nobody had seemed in proper spirits that night. The strange little party was over now. The guests were gone. And Grace and Rainier were in their huge bedroom now, quiet, not talking, Grace seated at her vanity, listlessly brushing her hair, Rainier seated in a chair near the bed, looking through a large folder of contracts and complicated legal documents that perched upon his lap. After a while, Grace's maid knocked and entered the room. She told her Princess that a long distance call, from Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A., had just been received at the Palace switchboard. "Would Madame like to take it in the sitting room as usual?" she asked, in French. {Continued on page 56)