22/34 "I am sorry that I have become an ogress." "To me your highness is the most perfect of women. I am guilty of lese-majesty." "I shall not lock you up," she said, and added under her breath, "as my good father would like to! Besides," she continued aloud, "I rather like to set the court by the ears. Whoever heard of a serene highness doing the things I do? These habits can not change at once. In fact, I do not believe they ever will. |