Pretty enough , I daresay . Much like other girls . Why , you look quite white ! What 's the matter ? Now you look all right again ; '' for , indeed , the Princess Jaqueline was blushing . `` I must dress . I 'm ever so late , '' he said , hurrying upstairs ; and the princess , with a little sigh , went down to the royal drawing-room . CHAPTER II . Princess Jaqueline Drinks the Moon . -LCB- The King and the Prince : p30.jpg -RCB- When dinner was over and the ladies had left the room , the king tried to speak seriously to Prince Ricardo . This was a thing which he disliked doing very much . `` There 's very little use in preaching , '' his Majesty used to say , `` to a man , or rather a boy , of another generation . My taste was for books ; I only took to adventures because I was obliged to do it . Dick 's taste is for adventures ; I only wish some accident would make him take to books . But everyone must get his experience for himself ; and when he has got it , he is lucky if it is not too late . I wish I could see him in love with some nice girl , who would keep him at home . '' The king did not expect much from talking seriously to Dick . However , he began by asking questions about the day 's sport , which Ricardo answered with modesty . Then his Majesty observed that , from all he had ever read or heard , he believed Ethiopia , where the fight was , to be in Africa , not in Asia . `` I really wish , Ricardo , that you would attend to your geography a little more .
It is most necessary to a soldier that he should know where his enemy is , and if he has to fight the Dutch , XXXXX instance , not to start with his army for Central Asia . ''
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