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The Princess's mother made an effort

"Clementina, you must receive him I will have it so I am your mother

I will be your h the htened her by its audacity

Clementina was softened on the instant She ran across to her h, "So you shall I would not

barter irl in Christendo I will receive the Prince, but indeed I

would he had not coain she kissed her mother on the

forehead

She received the Prince of Baden alone He was a stout man of much

ceremony and took some while to elaborate a compliment upon Clementina's

altered looks Before, he had always seen her arnity; now she hadinto a

smile, and the smile in her eyes she could not hide at all The Prince

took the change to hi had not been after all

in vain He was not, however, the s in the pursuit which seerandest air, "I think to have given you some

proof of my devotion Even on this incleh the streets are deep in snow"

"Oh, sir," exclaimed Clementina, "then your feet are wet Never run such