I know what is in your
mind. You are wondering why our Prince should not wed one of your
fabulously rich American girls--"
"My dear Count," said King warmly, "I am not thinking anything of the
sort. Naturally I am opposed to your pre-arranged marriages and all
that sort of thing, but still I appreciate what it means as a safe-
guard to the crown you support. I sincerely hope that Robin may find
his love-mate in the small circle you draw for him, but I fear it
isn't likely. He is young, romantic, impressionable, and he abhors
the thought of marriage without love. He refuses to even consider the
princess you have picked out for him. Time may prove to him that his
ideals are false and he may resign himself to the--I was about to say
the inevitable."
"Inevitable is the word, Mr. King," said Count Quinnox grimly. "'Pon
my word, sir, I don't know what our princes and princesses are coming
to in these days. There seems to be a perfect epidemic of
independence among them. They marry whom they please in spite of
royal command, and the courts of Europe are being shorn of half their
glory.
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