23/28 Did I not warn you against this very thing when you proposed this mad junket? A fine scandal! They will laugh at us for months to come." "Woe to the duke for this affront!" Gretchen started to speak, but the princess quickly put her hand over the goose-girl's mouth. Be a king in all the word implies. For my part, I begin to see." "And what do you see ?" "I see that the duke knows who we are, even if his police do not. He will keep us here a day or two, and then magnanimously liberate us with profuse apologies. |