"I know what has happened!" she whispered passionately.

"She has treated you scandalously! She cannot appreciate YOU!" Prince Hugo stuttered and coughed and almost kissed the little hand which lay so trustingly in his.

He found himself safely outside at last, and drove away, wretched to the soul.
But below his wretchedness something whispered: "SHE appreciates me, and her dot is quite as large.".