"'That is your business,' she answered, quite snappishly. 'You took me out—put me in again.'
"'Very well,' said the prince; and, catching her up in his arms, he sprang with her from the rock. The princess had just time to give one delighted shriek of laughter before the water closed over them. When they came to the surface, the princess, for a moment or two, could not even laugh, for she had gone down with such a rush, that it was with difficulty that she recovered her breath. The moment they reached the surface—
"'How do you like falling in?' said the prince.
"After a few efforts, the princess panted out:
"'Is that what you call falling in?'
"'Yes,' answered the prince, 'I should think it a very tolerable specimen.'
"'It seemed to me like going up,' rejoined she.
"'My feeling was certainly one of elevation, too,' the prince conceded.
"The princess did not appear to understand him, for she retorted his first question:
'"How do you like falling in?'