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 , Dick ? '' `` Oh ! I do n't know . 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 .
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