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But I
also dreamed that he loved me. There's the rub, you see. How could
any prince love a girl who set out to buy him with a lot of silly
millions? It's not to be expected. I know it is done in the best
society, but I should want my prince to be happy instead of merely
comfortable. I should want both of us to live happy ever afterwards.
"So, dearest mother, I am going abroad to forget. Miranda is going
with me and we sail next Saturday on the _Jupiter_ I think. We
haven't got our suite, but Mr. Bliss says he is sure he can arrange
it for me. If we can't get one on the _Jupiter_, we'll take some
other boat that is just as inconspicuous. You see, I want to go on a
ship that isn't likely to be packed with people I know, for it is my
intention to travel incog, as they say in the books. No one shall
stare at me and say: 'There is that Maud Blithers we were reading
about in _Town Truth_--and all the other papers this week. Her
father is going to buy a prince for her.'
"I know dad will be perfectly furious, but I'm going or die, one or
the other.


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