She looked around at the Princess, sitting with her head resting upon her clasped hands.
"I am very sorry," Jeanne said timidly, "that I cannot do what you wish.

It is not honest.

Cannot you see that it is not honest ?" The Princess turned slowly round.
"Honest!" she repeated scornfully.

"Who is there in our world who can afford to be honest?
You are behaving like a baby, Jeanne.

I only hope that before long you may come to your senses.