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"You are an honest boy," replied the princess gratefully, "and I will make you glad of it whether Topaz turns out to be Goldilocks or not. But you say he danced with so much grace?" "Yes, your highness, and tossed his head for glee till his curls waved merrily." "'Tis the same!" cried the princess, in a transport. "His eyes are like topazes. Your name is the best. He shall have it.
Paul, encouraged to talk and stimulated by precious memories, grew interesting. The Princess managed to secure a set of listeners at the opposite side of the table. Suddenly, as if carrying on the theme, she said in a deliberately loud voice, compelling attention: "Your Royal Highness, I am in a dilemma." "What is it?" She paused, looked round and widened her circle.
His address was brief and emphatic; and upon its conclusion the Protector commanded Springall to advance. "It appears to us that you had something to communicate." "I believe I made a mistake," replied the boy, "I took you your Highness, I should say for one Major Wellmore." "We know you to be a faithful watchman, but it remains to be proved if you are an honest witness.
"Who is that lady in the gilded gondola close by?" said he. "Which one, your highness?" "The one in red velvet," "That is the Countess Lucretia Canossa, sister of the Marquis de Strozzi." "Is she married?" "Yes, your highness, to a man who has squandered her fortune; so that but for her brother she would be penniless." The elector thanked Antonio, and leaped back into his own gondola.
They had been told in the senate; they had been repeated in the cottage; and whenever a soldier was the theme, his name was never far distant. But it was chiefly in connection with the business of this meeting, which his late Royal Highness had condescended in a particular manner to patronize, that they were called on to drink his health.
Malfalconnet had watched every look of the lady on his arm, as well as the duke's, and as they approached the scene of the dance he asked the latter if his Highness would condescend to relieve him for a short time of a delightful duty. An important one in the service of his imperial Majesty
'It is a shame and disgrace, said he, 'to hear in a royal court such babel of voices, each crying for a different opinion. Be so good, my lords, as to depute one among you to speak for all. Moreover, having now heard the accusation of His Highness, it is but just to listen to the prisoners' defence. 'Not so, cried Basier, King of Arabia, 'not so, my lords.
"It costs a thousand rupees at the least to fill one of those caldrons," said the Pathan. "In truth, his Highness has done a wise thing if " And he left the sentence unfinished. But Linforth could fill in the gap. "If he means to make trouble." But he did not utter the explanation aloud.
"I humbly thank your Highness," replied the ambassador, "but I take yourself to witness that I have never affected or sought any such grace at your hands.
The words, however kind, were still below that fifth one's merits; for the fifth is a woman." "I know. With all my heart I thank her. With all my heart I pity her." "But there is one thing your Highness does not know.
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