“Haven't you had enough of the place?”
“I don't care a whoop for the place. You see, it's this way: I'm just as hard hit as you, and it is not a Princess that I have to contend with.”
“You mean that you are in love with the Countess?”
“Emphatically.”
“I'm sorry for you.”
“Think she'll turn me down?”
“Unless you buy a title of one of these miserable counts or dukes.”
“Oh, I'm not so sure about that. These counts and dukes come over and marry our American girls. I don't see why I can't step in and pick out a nice little Countess if I want to.”
“She is not as avaricious as the counts and dukes, I'll wager. She cares nothing for your money.”
“Well, she's as poor as a church mouse,” said the other, doggedly.