`` Prince , '' said Dick , `` you have taught me a lesson for which I shall not be ungrateful . With any blade a gentleman should be able to hold his own in fair fight . I shall no longer neglect my fencing lessons . '' `` With any blade , '' said Prince Charles , `` I shall be happy to find Prince Ricardo by my side in a stricken field . We shall not part till I have induced you to accept a sword which I can never hope to draw against another adversary so noble . In war , my weapon is the claymore . '' Here the prince offered to Ricardo the ruby-studded hilt of his rapier , which had a beautiful white shark-skin sheath . `` You must accept it , sir , '' said King James ; `` the hilt holds the rubies of John Sobieski . '' `` Thank you , prince , '' said Ricardo , `` for the weapon , which I shall learn to wield ; and I entreat you to honour me by receiving this fairy gift -- which you do not need -- a ring which makes all men faithful to the wearer . '' The Prince of Wales bowed , and placed the talisman on his finger . Ricardo then , after a few words of courtesy on both parts , picked up his useless carpet , took his farewell of the royal party , and , with Jaqueline still hidden under his collar , returned at full speed , but with a heavy heart , to Pantouflia , where the palace gong was just sounding for luncheon . Ricardo never interfered in foreign affairs again , but his ring proved very useful to Prince Charles , as you may have read in history . CHAPTER VI . Ricardo 's Repentance . -LCB- Bottle of weapon salve : p109.jpg -RCB- The queen , as it happened fortunately , was lunching with one of the ladies of her Court . Ricardo did not come down to luncheon , and Jaqueline ate hers alone ; and very mournful she felt . The prince had certainly not come well out of the adventure . He had failed -LRB- as all attempts to restore the Stuarts always did -RRB- ; he had been wounded , though he had never received a scratch in any of his earlier exploits ; and if his honour was safe , and his good intentions fully understood , that was chiefly due to Jaqueline , and to the generosity of King James and Prince Charles . `` I wonder what he 's doing ? '' she said to herself , and at last she went up and knocked at Ricardo 's door .
`` Go away , '' he said ; `` I do n't want XXXXX see anybody .
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