"They might have asked you to do them the honour of coming too," said Daphne.
"I couldn't very well have gone if they had. You see, they hunt boars and that on horseback here, and riding's a thing I've never gone in for."
"It's not too late to begin, Sir."
"Well, to tell you the truth, I did think at one time of taking a few lessons. But I don't know. You see, it would get about, and—well, people would think it rather ridiculous."
"I should have thought—" began Daphne; "no, I mustn't say any more."
"Oh, go on, Lady Daphne, don't mind me! What would you have thought?"
"Well," said Daphne boldly, "that nothing could be so ridiculous as a Crown Prince who can't sit a horse."
"I daresay I could as well as any other fellow, if I tried."
"No doubt, sir, but if you never do try."
"I would, if I thought you cared."