"You have never seen the lamp lit," said the Princess, "but I have; only for one moment, it is true, but I shall never forget it."
She wondered what Rudd would make of the character. He hardly knew her. Did he seem to understand her?
I said I thought he spun people out of his own inner consciousness. A face gave him an idea and he made his own character, but he thought he was being very analytical, and that all he created was based on observation.
"He certainly observes nothing," said the Princess.
She asked who would be the hero. I said we had not got as far as the hero when he had discussed it with me.
"And what will he call the novel?" she asked.
Ah, that was just the question. He had discussed that at length. He had not found a title that satisfied him. He had got so far as "The Princess without any Dreams."
"Dieu qu'il est bête," she said. "Cette enfant ne fait que rêver."
She told me I must get Rudd to discuss it with me again.
"Perhaps he will talk to me about it, too. I will make him do so, in fact. It will not be difficult. Then we will compare notes. It will be most amusing. The Princess without any dreams, indeed! He might just as well call her the Princess without any eyes!"