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I waited patiently; but, to tell the truth, I was on fire with curiosity. At length my patience was rewarded. "You have heard that I am to marry the Prince of Doppelkinn?" she began. I nodded. "Doubtless you have also heard of my determination not to marry him?" she went on. Again I nodded. "Well, I am not going to marry him." I was seized with the desire to laugh, but dared not.
If you have any fillies to break, use your own pastures. I'm a vintner." He banged the table yet again. "Why, I wouldn't marry the Princess Hildegarde if she was the last woman on earth!" "Thank you!" said the princess sweetly. "You're welcome," said the prince. "Silence!" bellowed the duke. "Doppelkinn, take care; this is an affront, not one to be lightly ignored.
But the moment he saw the contents his jaw fell and he rocked on his heels unsteadily and staggered back toward the duke for support. "What's the matter, Prince?" asked the duke anxiously. After all Doppelkinn was an old crony, and mayhap he had been harsh with him. "Where did you get that?" asked the prince hoarsely. "I have always worn it," answered Max.
"Or the beginning," rebelliously. "Doppelkinn is mild and kind." "Mild and kind! One would think that you were marrying me to a horse! Well, I shall not enter the cathedral." "How will you avoid it?" calmly. "I shall find a way; wait and see." She was determined. "I shall wait." Then, with a sudden softening, for he loved the girl after his fashion: "I am growing old, my child.
She looked away. If only Doppelkinn were young like this! She sighed. "Can they force one to marry in this country?" he asked abruptly. "When one is in my circumstances." He wanted to ask what those circumstances were, but what he said was: "Is there anything I can do to help you?" "You are even more helpless than I am," softly. "If you are caught you will be imprisoned.
If I should die, what would become of you? I have no son; your Uncle Franz, who is but a year or two younger than I am, would reign, and he would not tolerate your madcap ways. You must marry at once. I love you in spite of your wilfulness. But you have shown yourself incapable of loving. Doppelkinn is wealthy. You shall marry him." "I will run away, uncle," decidedly.
Whatever she did was right and proper. But the hard-headed duke had the power to say what should be what, and he willed it that the Princess Hildegarde should marry his old comrade in arms, the Prince of Doppelkinn. As I have already remarked, I used frequently to take long rides into the country, and sometimes I did not return till the following day.
"My child, you are too young in spirit and too old in mind to be allowed a gateless pasture. In harness you will do very well." He took up his pipe and primed it. It was rather embarrassing to look the girl in the eye. "You shall wed Doppelkinn next week." "You will find it rather embarrassing to drag me to the altar," evenly. "You will not," he replied, "create a scandal of such magnitude.
It is rather difficult in these days for a man who takes such scant interest in foreign affairs trust a whilom diplomat for that! to follow the continual geographical disturbances of European surfaces. Thus, I can not distinctly recall the exact location of the Grand Duchy of Barscheit or of the neighboring principality of Doppelkinn.
"Colonel, on the word of a princess, this gentleman is in no wise concerned. I ran away alone." Max breathed easier. "I should be most happy to believe your Highness, but you will honor my strict observance of orders." He passed a telegram to her. Search train for Doppelkinn. Princess has eloped. Arrest and hold pair till I arrive on special engine. Barscheit.
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