Come on Thursday in next week, you can?
That is nice.

I have a reigning Prince dining with me that night.

Poor man, he wants cheering up; the art of being a reigning Prince is not a very pleasing one nowadays.

He has made it a boast all his life that he is Liberal and his subjects Conservative; now that is all changed--no, not all; he is still Liberal, but his subjects unfortunately are become Socialists.

You must play your best for him." "Are there many Socialists over there, in Germany I mean ?" asked Ronnie, who was rather out of his depth where politics were concerned.
"Ueberall," said the Grafin with emphasis; "everywhere, I don't know what it comes from; better education and worse digestions I suppose.