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Riquet.  u That  I  can easily believe/' replied the princess, u and
                           to be sure  1  should be gToatly  at a toss what to say to you, if I
                           did not  know  that you possess the best sense  in the world*  IT


























                          you  were  a  silly  prince,  you  would  say, * The  promise of a
                          princess should  not be  broken, and  therefore  you  must  marry
                          me.*  But you, prince  ltirjuet,  who  have  so  much  more sense
                           than anybody else, will, 1 hope, excuse me for what I  have said.
                           You cannot  forget  that, when  I  was  a  silly  stupid  princess,
                          J  would  not  freely  consent  to  marry  you;  how?  therefore,
                          now that 1  am  blest with  sense,  and  for  that  reason  must  of
                          course  be  more  hard  to  be  pleased,  can  you  expect  me  to
                          choose  the  prince  I  then  would  not  accept?      If you  really
                          wished to marry me, you did  very wrong to change me from the
                          most  silly creature  in  the world,  to  the  most  witty, so  as  to
                          make me sec more plainly the faults of others.11— “ If, madam,"
                          replied  Riquet with the  Tuft, “ you  would  think  it  but  right
                          in a prince without sense to blame you for what you  have said,
                          why should you deny me the  same power in au affair in which
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