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"One would say that I had been in hiding?" coldly

"Froations--to seek

you"

"Froht be a compliment"

"I am a prince," he said proudly

She faced hi of purpose,

which has ument and persuasion "Will

you ally? Before all the world?

Will you surrender, for the sake of this love you profess, your right to a

great inheritance? Will you risk the anger and the iron hand of your

father for my sake?"

"Herr Gott! I am mad!" He covered his eyes

"That expression proves that your Highness is sane again Have you

realized the annoyances, the embarrassments, you have thrust upon me by

your pursuit? Have you not read the scandalous innuendoes in the

newspapers? Your Highness, I was not born on the Continent, so I look upon

my work from a point of view not common to those of your caste I am proud

of it, and I look upon it with honor, honor I am a woman, but I aht I

my friends a prince; but you have made that impossible"