"But surely we have never met before?"
"No, but I have seen your photograph many times."
"And I yours, but I did not know you."
"That is hardly to be wondered at, as the Court photographers are notorious flatterers."
"And yet you knew me?"
"Your Majesty is a much more important person than I, and therefore more easily to be remembered."
"May I ask where you are staying, Princess? There is no Royal residence near here, is there?"
"No, I am visiting the family of one of the ladies-in-waiting."
"I was wondering how far we might accompany you; for, although you have been so kind with regard to my nationality, others might be less so."
"Prince de Sagresse is one of your Majesty's admirers; he does not belong to the Court."