The King laughed.
“My dear doctor, yes, of course; I know that. Do you know what I lay and thought once when I was ill?”
“No, Sire; but something wise, no doubt.”
“Bah! None of your subtle flattery. No one knows better than I do, Leoni, that I am not a clever man. What I lay and thought was that you had studied your two crafts so well that one eye was the window from which the clever doctor’s brain looked out, the other that of the calm, quiet, thoughtful statesman. I should long to have two such eyes as yours, Leoni, only that there are the ladies, you know. I don’t think that they would approve, eh, doctor? What is your experience?”
“That your Majesty is quite right,” replied the other, with his cynical smile. “I have never been a ladies’ man.”
Chapter Five.
A King at sea.
“Well, boys, we are fairly started,” said the King, “but this vessel moves about a great deal. I hope we are not going to have rough weather.”