“I know that.”
“How do you know it?”
“By the curl of the third eyelash on your left eyelid.”
“Which corner do you count from?”
“That's a secret.”
“Another secret? Well, at least, if I am a prince, there can be no harm in telling me about a princess.”
“It's just the princes I can't tell.”
“There ain't any more of them—are there?” said the prince.
“What! you don't think you're the only prince in the world, do you?”
“Oh, dear, no! not at all. But I know there's one too many just at present, except the princess——”