"
And so the matter rested. Five years have passed since the initial
overtures were made by the two courts, and although several sly
attempts were made to bring the young people to a proper
understanding of their case, they aroused nothing more than scornful
laughter on the part of the belligerents, as the venerable Baron
Dangloss was wont to call them, not without pride in his sharp old
voice.
"It all comes from mixing the blood," said the Prime Minister
gloomily.
"Or improving it," said the Baron, and was frowned upon.
And no one saw the portentous shadow cast by the slim daughter of
William W. Blithers, for the simple reason that neither Graustark nor
Dawsbergen knew that it existed. They lived in serene ignorance of
the fact that God, while he was about it, put Maud Applegate Blithers
into the world on precisely the same day that the Crown Princess of
Dawsbergen first saw the light of day.
On the twenty-second anniversary of his birth, Prince Robin fared
forth in quest of love and romance, not without hope of adventure,
for he was a valorous chap with the heritage of warriors in his
veins.
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