9/17 'I envy you.' 'You envy me--what? 'As for you, Count, surely you have sufficient responsibilities of your own ?' 'I ?' he said sadly. I am a nobody--a Serene Highness who has to pretend to be very important, always taking immense care never to do anything that a Serene Highness ought not to do. Bah!' 'But if your nephew, Prince Eugen, were to die, would you not come to the throne, and would you not then have these responsibilities which you so much desire ?' 'Eugen die ?' said Prince Aribert, in a curious tone. |