I
do contemplate a surrender on your part. You are a very pig-headed
young man. The most pig-headed I've ever known, if you will forgive
me for expressing myself so--"
"You've said it a hundred times," laughed the Prince, good-naturedly.
"Don't apologise. Not only you but the entire House of Nobles have
characterised me as pig-headed and I have never even thought of
resenting it, so it must be that I believe it to be true."
"We have never voiced the opinion, highness, except in reference to
our own great desire to bring about the union between our beloved
ruler and the Crown Princess of--"
"So," interrupted R. Schmidt, "it ought to be very clear to you that
if I will not marry to please my loyal, devoted cabinet I certainly
shall not marry to please William W. Blithers. No doubt the excellent
Maud is a most desirable person. In any event, she has a mind of her
own. I confess that I am sorry to have missed seeing her. We might
have got on famously together, seeing that our point of view is
apparently unique in this day and age of the world, No, my good
friends, Mr.
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