`` Oh , that wo n't do ! I tell my father everything ; but then , I never had anything like this to tell him before . Do n't you think , Jaqueline , you might break it to him ? He 's very fond of you . Just tell him what I told you ; it 's every word of it true , and he ought to know . He might see something about it in the Mercure de France . '' This was the newspaper of the period . `` I do n't think it will get into the papers , '' said Jaqueline , smiling . `` Nobody could tell , except the king and the princes , and they have reasons for keeping it to themselves . '' `` I do n't trust that younger one , '' said Dick , moodily ; `` I do n't care for that young man . Anyway , my father must be told ; and , if you wo n't , I must . '' `` Well , I 'll tell him , '' said Jaqueline . `` And now lie down till evening . '' After dinner , in the conservatory , Jaqueline told King Prigio all about it . His Majesty was very much moved . `` What extraordinary bad luck that family has ! '' he thought . `` If I had not changed the rug , the merest accident , Prince Charles would have dined at St. James 's to-night , and King George in Hanover . It was the very nearest thing ! '' `` This meddling with practical affairs will never do , '' he said aloud .
`` XXXXX has had a lesson , sire , '' said the princess .
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