Herr Behnisch would not let me go to the garden again, and I have never seen the eggs which I spent my last groschen for, nor the boys whom I had invited.

I was made to stay in my room all Easter week, learn twenty Latin words every day, and write three pages of German words in good handwriting.

It was a hard punishment, but I knew that I deserved it, and did not complain.

I only thought that I would do better in future." "If you thought so, and you have already been punished, we will say no more about it," said the king.

"But tell me, how did you get on at Whitsuntide, when the officers paid you their respects again ?" "Your majesty," answered the prince, "it was a great deal better; I behaved tolerably well, except a very little rudeness, which was not so bad after all.