Between ourselves, strictly between ourselves, he regards marriage as rather a bore.

But, of course, being a German Grand Duke, he is bound to marry.

He owes it to his country, to Posen.' 'How large is Posen ?' asked Racksole bluntly.
'Father,' Nella interposed laughing, 'you shouldn't ask such inconvenient questions.

You ought to have guessed that it isn't etiquette to inquire about the size of a German Dukedom.' 'I am sure,' said Dimmock, with a polite smile, 'that the Grand Duke is as much amused as anyone at the size of his territory.

I forget the exact acreage, but I remember that once Prince Aribert and myself walked across it and back again in a single day.' 'Then the Grand Duke cannot travel very far within his own dominions?
You may say that the sun does set on his empire ?' 'It does,' said Dimmock.
'Unless the weather is cloudy,' Nella put in.