[The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prisoner of Zenda CHAPTER 10 5/16
Here, Fritz, come for a stroll in the garden." Sapt at once yielded.
His rough manner covered a wonderful tact--and as I came to recognize more and more, a remarkable knowledge of human nature.
Why did he urge me so little about the princess? Because he knew that her beauty and my ardour would carry me further than all his arguments--and that the less I thought about the thing, the more likely was I to do it.
He must have seen the unhappiness he might bring on the princess; but that went for nothing with him.
Can I say, confidently, that he was wrong? If the King were restored, the princess must turn to him, either knowing or not knowing the change.
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