`` No doubt she was trying her fortune , wondering if Ricardo cares for her a little . Of course I could not let her tell me that , poor child ! '' In this guess , as we know , his Majesty was mistaken , which seldom happened to him . `` I wonder who she is ? '' the king went on speaking to himself . `` That great booby , Ricardo , saved her from wild birds , which were just going to eat her . She was fastened to a mountain top , but where ? that 's the question . Ricardo never has any notion of geography . It was across the sea , he noticed that ; but which sea , -- Atlantic , Pacific , the Black Sea , the Caspian , the Sea of Marmora , the Red Sea , the Indian Ocean , the German Ocean , the Mediterranean ? Her ornaments were very peculiar ; there was a broad gold sun on her breast . I must look at them again some day . She said she was being sacrificed to wild birds -LRB- which her people worshipped -RRB- , because there was some famine , or war , or trouble in the country . She said she was a Daughter of the Sun ; but that , of course , is absurd , unless -- By Jove ! I believe I have it , '' said the king , and he went into the royal library and was looking for some old Spanish book , when his secretary came and said that the Russian Ambassador was waiting for an interview with his Majesty . `` Dismal old Muscovite ! '' sighed the king . `` A monarch has not a moment to himself for his private studies . Ah , Prigio ! why wert thou not born to a private station ?
But Duty before everything , '' and wreathing his royal countenance in smiles , his Majesty prepared XXXXX give Count Snoreonski an audience .
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