`` I picked the monster up early in the morning , '' he said , `` through the magic telescope , father . '' `` What country was he in ? '' said the king . `` The country people whom I met called it Ethiopia . They were niggers . '' `` And in what part of the globe is Ethiopia , Ricardo ? '' `` Oh ! I do n't know . Asia , perhaps , '' answered the prince . The king groaned . `` That boy will never understand our foreign relations . Ethiopia in Asia ! '' he said to himself , but he did not choose to make any remark at the moment . The prince ran upstairs to dress . On the stairs he met the Princess Jaqueline . `` Oh , Dick ! are you hurt ? '' she said , turning very pale . `` No , not I ; but the monster is . I had a capital day , Jack ; rescued a princess , too . ''
`` Was she -- was she very pretty , XXXXX ? ''
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