We'll return good for evil and
live in a hotel when we go to visit the royal family. As for--"
"I meant that you were to think hard before attempting to force Maud
upon Prince Robin's subjects without preparing them for the--"
"I thought of that, too," he interrupted cheerfully. "I'm not going
to cast my only child into the den of lions, so that's the end of it.
Have you given the order, my dear?"
"No," she said; "for I knew you would change it when you came in."
Late that evening he had a reply from his Paris managers. They
inquired if he was responsible for the message they had received. It
was a ticklish job and they wanted to be sure that the message was
genuine. He wired back that he was the sender and to go ahead. The
next morning they notified him that his instructions would be carried
out as expeditiously as possible.
He displayed such a beaming countenance all that day that his wife
finally demanded an explanation. It wasn't like him to beam when he
was worried about anything, and she wanted to know what had come over
him.
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