THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE HEMPSEED. 21

together to be the two
halves that would make one
whole person. The same
readiness to agree to every-
thing that either the Prince
or Princess of Orfano-Or-
fana said, had made the
governess adopt a word
having the same meaning
_ as that used by the tutor.
This word was Certainly.
Thus those two adverbs
went side by side—the first
to render Prince Hempseed
an accomplished gentleman,
and the second to make the
young Olympia a perfect
princess.

The servants, seated at
a respectful distance, were
also present at those eve-
ning meetings upon the
castle terrace.

It happened, one beautiful autumn evening, when the
calm was only broken by the national songs of the sailors
getting ready for the night’s fishing in the lake, Prince
Orfano-Orfana said to his wife before all the people: of the
castle, and his two children, Prince Hempseed and Olym-
pia, ‘You were asking me last evening, my love, what
were my views relative to the future welfare of. Olympia
and our dear little son, Leopold-Leopoldini.”

“Yes, dear prince,” said the princess.

“ Olympia,” continued the prince, in a: serious tone,
“will be confirmed by the bishop when she is thirteen; and
at sixteen she will espouse the son of the Duke of Como.”

“ That marriage will be worthy of us, and suitable for

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