I never saw a poet before.
Strübel.
Never saw a poet--never saw a princess! Why, you're learning a heap of things to-day!
The Princess (assenting).
H'm--And have you written poems to her?
Strübel.
Why, that goes without saying! Quantities of 'em!
The Princess.
Oh, please recite some little thing--won't you?
Strübel.