I think that you know, too.

It is no, most emphatically and decidedly! I will not marry the Count de Brensault." "Before you express yourself so irrevocably," the Princess said calmly, "I should like you to understand that it is my wish that you accept his offer." "In all ordinary matters," Jeanne answered, "I am prepared to obey you.
In this, no! I think that I have the right to choose my husband for myself, or at any rate to approve of whomever you may select.

I--do not approve of the Count de Brensault.

I do not care for him, and I never could care for him, and I will not marry him!" The Princess said nothing for several moments.

Then she moved toward the door which led into her sleeping chamber, where her maid was still busy, and turned the key in the lock.
"Jeanne," she said when she returned, "I think it is time that you were told something which I am afraid will be a shock to you.