`` I can use my hand as well as ever . '' Then he took off the stained handkerchief , and , lo , there was not even a mark where the wound had been ! For this was the famous Weapon Salve which you may read about in Sir Kenelm Digby , and which the Lady of Branxholme used , in The Lay of the Last Minstrel . But the secret of making it has long been lost , except in Pantouflia . `` You are the best girl in the world , Jaqueline , '' said Ricardo . `` You may give me a kiss if you like ; and I wo n't call you ` Jack , ' or laugh at you for reading books , any more . There 's something in books after all . '' The princess did not take advantage of Dick 's permission , but advised him to lie down and try to sleep . `` I say , though , '' he said , `` what about my father ? '' `` The king need never be told anything about it , '' said Jaqueline , `` need he ? '' `` 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 , XXXXX you wo n't , I must . ''
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