"'Twas of her I wanted to speak," Gaspard spoke up. "This is a good chain. I forged it myself."
"Yes, I know you're a smith," said the duke.
"Well, then," said Gaspard, "I've been thinking. Suppose—now that I've still got it on me—that we try it on the princess, after all." He noticed the duke's look of amazement. "I'm willing," said Gaspard. "I'm willing to have another try—"
"Dieu de bon Dieu!" quoth the duke. "Never content!" He recovered himself. He felt kindly toward the smith. "Haven't you heard?" he demanded. "The princess has forged a chain of her own. She eloped with that young Sieur de Mâcon the same day you declined to chain her to yourself."
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"No!" Flourney snapped changed to "No!" [Flournoy] snapped |
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