CHAPTER XV
THE CHANGE
“HUSH! Do not speak so loudly, Masago!”
“How you tremble, Sado-ko.”
“We have once more mistaken our names,” said she who was the Princess Sado-ko.
“Oh, true. Now call me Sado-ko! No, call me noble princess, most divine, exalted, august, royal princess! Call me so!”
“A princess is not so addressed,” replied the other, smiling, “save sometimes by a servile, ignorant one.”
“I fear I will be sure to make the most absurd mistakes.”
“So! Then the whole court will call it ‘A new caprice of the foolish Princess Sado-ko.’”