Do you know,' she added, 'I fancy I could make a prince ?' 'Some day, madam,' said Otto, 'I may ask you to help make a farmer.' 'Is that a riddle ?' asked the Countess.
'It is,' replied the Prince, 'and a very good one too.' 'Tit for tat.

I will ask you another,' she returned.

'Where is Gondremark ?' 'The Prime Minister?
In the prime-ministry, no doubt,' said Otto.
'Precisely,' said the Countess; and she pointed with her fan to the door of the Princess's apartments.

'You and I, _mon Prince_, are in the ante-room.

You think me unkind,' she added.