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CHAPTER V
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'Very badly,' she replied.

'I do not know what was in my bed, but my whole body is bruised; I am black and blue, and I never closed my eyes until dawn!' 'She is a true princess,' cried the queen.
Is M.Larinski a true prince?
I made him undergo the test of the three peas.

I allowed myself to question him with indiscreet, urgent, improper curiosity; he did not appear to feel the indiscretion.

He replied promptly and submissively; he endeavoured to satisfy me, and I was not satisfied.

I shall see him again to-morrow--he comes to dine at Maisons.
I only wish to be able to prove to myself that he is a true prince.
"My dear professor, you are the most imprudent of men, and, whatever happens, you have only yourself to blame.


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