"Not such as his!"
"Such as anybody's, so long as it is power."
For the first time she began to comprehend his mortal hunger.
"Don't you go over to him, too," she said jealously. "Peter is under his foot. So is Electra. If you go over, I shall be alone."
"I shall never go anywhere to leave you alone." Then, after a moment, he continued, "So you are not sure whether the prince loves you?"
"He would call it that. It is not that to me."
"Of course he loves you!"
"Don't be too sure, playmate. I know the world. You know your garden."
"Then why does he want you?"
"It's a game. My father wants to buy him. He may want to buy my father. Then maybe he wants the prestige of owning the woman with the most beautiful hair in Europe."