-LCB- The Prince on the carpet : p52.jpg -RCB- When he arrived at the house where the ball was going on , he put the magical carpet in the portmanteau , and left it in the cloak-room , receiving a numbered ticket in exchange . Then he marched in all his glory -LRB- and , of course , without the cap of darkness -RRB- into the room where they were dancing . Everybody made place for him , bowing down to the ground , and the loyal band struck up The Prince 's March ! Heaven bless our Prince Prigio ! What is there he does n't know ? Greek , Swiss , German -LRB- High and Low -RRB- , And the names of the mountains in Mexico , Heaven bless the prince ! He used to be very fond of this march , and the words -- some people even said he had made them himself . But now , somehow , he did n't much like it . He went straight to the Duke of Stumpfelbahn , the Hereditary Master of the Ceremonies , and asked to be introduced to the beautiful young lady . She was the daughter of the new English Ambassador , and her name was Lady Rosalind . But she nearly fainted when she heard who it was that wished to dance with her , for she was not at all particularly clever ; and the prince had such a bad character for snubbing girls , and asking them difficult questions . However , it was impossible to refuse , and so she danced with the prince , and he danced very well . Then they sat out in the conservatory , among the flowers , where nobody came near them ; and then they danced again , and then the Prince took her down to supper . And all the time he never once said , `` Have you read this ? '' or `` Have you read that ? '' or , `` What ! you never heard of Alexander the Great ? '' or Julius Caesar , or Michael Angelo , or whoever it might be -- horrid , difficult questions he used to ask . That was the way he used to go on : but now he only talked to the young lady about herself ; and she quite left off being shy or frightened , and asked him all about his own country , and about the Firedrake-shooting , and said how fond she was of hunting herself . And the prince said : `` Oh , if you wish it , you shall have the horns and tail of a Firedrake to hang up in your hall , to-morrow evening ! ''
Then she asked XXXXX it was not very dangerous work , Firedrake hunting ; and he said it was nothing , when you knew the trick of it : and he asked her if she would but give him a rose out of her bouquet ; and , in short , he made himself so agreeable and unaffected , that she thought him very nice indeed .
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