I20 PRINCE RICARDO.

 

CHAPTER II.

Krincess Jaqueline Drinks the Moon.

HEN dinner was
over and the ladies had
left the room, the king
ax, tried to speak seriously
~ to Prince Ricardo.
This was a thing
which he disliked
doing very much.

““There’s very little
use in preaching,” his.
Majesty used to say, “to
a man, or rather a boy,
. of another generation. My

taste was for books; I only
took to adventures because I was obliged to
do it. Dick’s taste is for adventures; I only
wish some accident would make him take to
books. But everyone must get his experience for
himself; and when he has got it, he is lucky
if it is not too late. I wish I could see him in
love with some nice girl, who would keep him
at home.”

  
 
  
     

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