“I’ve been doing that to myself very heartily, Colonel, I can assure you.”
“The Princess will make a brilliant figure in the Court.”
“Which Princess, Colonel, and which Court?”
“The Princess Lavalski,” he answered, smiling.
“We have no Court in the States, Colonel.”
“But you will not take her from us in the very moment of our finding her again!”
“You’ve managed to get along pretty well without her so far, I fancy.”
“But, my dear monsieur! She’s so charming, so beautiful, so wealthy—the world will be at her feet.”
“It’ll have to be the western hemisphere of it then, I think.”
“Ah, but it would be a crime to take her away.”