It rather pleased her.
"It is for the good of the state.

A princess like yourself must never wed an inferior." "Would a man who was brave and kind and resourceful, but without a title, would he be an inferior ?" "Assuredly, politically.

And I regret to say that your marriage could never be else than a matter of politics." "I am, then, for all that I am a princess, simply a certificate of exchange ?" His keen ear caught the bitter undercurrent.

"The king of Jugendheit is young.

I do not see how he can help loving you the moment he knows you.
Who can ?" And the chancellor enjoyed the luxury of a smile.
"But he may not be heart whole." "He will be, politically." "Politics, politics; how I hate the word! Sometimes I regret my garret." The chancellor frowned.