‘I think your Majesty had better not.’
‘Why not?’
‘Because it might excite him too much, and besides, what would the Knight of London——’
But the Princess drew herself up and said:
‘I beg your pardon, but I must ask you not to mention that gentleman’s name, if you please.’
‘Whe—ew,’ ejaculated the doctor; ‘what’s in the wind now?’
‘I beg your pardon?’ said the Princess.
‘I—I only said—it’s an east wind now, your Majesty.’
Just then a page came running up, and said that the Knight of London wished to speak to the Princess.