"I did not know that borrowing money from you gave you the right to speak rudely to me!" "Silence! gentlemen," cried the prince, who, until now, had stood quietly struggling with his own wishes.

"Take your cloaks and let us walk.

Did you not say that horses were awaiting us at the door, Baron Kalkreuth ?" "I said so, your highness." "And you Pollnitz?
Did you not say that three costumes awaited us in Berlin ?" "Yes, your highness." "Well, then," said the prince, smiling, "we must not allow the horses and costumes to await us any longer.

Come, gentlemen, we will ride to Berlin." "Really it was hard to get him off," murmured Pollnitz, as he regained the street, and saw the three young men fading in the distance.

"The good prince had quite a dutiful emotion; if the king only knew it, he would forgive him all, and renounce the idea of his marriage.