“124 PRINCE RICARDO.

 

a dog ora cat, and go into the room where he
is giving his orders. But that is awkward, for
when the servants see Rip” (that was the dog)
“in two places at once, they begin to think the
palace is haunted, and it makes people talk. Be-
sides, I know it is wrong to listen to what one is
not meant to hear. It is often difficult to bea
magician and a good girl. The temptations are
so strong, stronger than most people allow for.”

So she remained, with the moon shining on
her pretty yellow hair and her white dress,
wondering what the king intended to do, and
whether it was something that Dick would not
like.

‘‘How stupid of me,” she said at length,
‘“‘after all the lessons I have had. Why, I can
‘drink the moon!”

’ Now, this is a way of knowing what anyone
else is thinking of and intends to do, for the
moon sees and knows everything. Whether it
is quite fair is another matter ; but, at all events,
it is not listening. And anyone may see that, if
you are a magician, like the Princess Jaqueline,
a great many difficult questions as to what is
right and wrong at once occur which do not
trouble other people. King Prigio’s secret, why
he sent for the tailor and the other people, was
his own secret. The princess decided that she
would not find it out by turning herself into
Rip or the cat (whose name was Semiramis),
and, so far, she was quite right. But she was