‘Oh no! he won’t, because I’ve found out his secret.’ And she told him about the paper.
At the end the Prince said:
‘Oh! that’s all right then. I’ll be there, your Majesty.’
‘But are you strong enough, do you think?’
‘Oh yes, your Majesty.’
‘And the affairs of State can be put off till the day after to-morrow. I promise to let you go as soon as you have got rid of the Knight for me.’
‘Oh, for the matter of that, there is no such great hurry. I really needn’t go for some time.’
‘But you can go whenever you like, you know.’
‘Thank you, your Majesty.’
‘But—a—I don’t want you to go, you know. In fact I should like you to stop, very much.’