"But I have your consent, most dear lady, to win both, if I can ?" "Oh, yes, prince.

If you can." He took her hand and bowed profoundly over it, but no courtly grace nor words could bring back Clara's awe of him.

She had a vague impression that the Weir baker had been wrangling with her about his bill.
"Your Highness has asked a good many questions," she said.

"May I put one to you?
Did you inquire concerning Miss Hassard's dot, also ?" "Ah, certainly! Why not?
It is very large.

I have spoken of it to my cousin Count Odo.