The things we do!

" And she threw back her head, and clapped her hands and
laughed with the most contagious little ripple you ever heard. She
seemed not to grieve over her defeat, but dimpled as though it were a
huge joke, the thought of which rather pleased her than otherwise.
Victory had grown stale for her, although so young.
"What do I think of my new friend?" I repeated after her; and that
gave me a theme upon which I could enlarge eloquently. I told her of
his learning, notwithstanding the fact that he had been in the
continental wars ever since he was a boy. I repeated to her stories of
his daring and bravery, that had been told to me by his uncle, the
Master of the Horse, and others, and then I added what I knew Lady
Jane had already said. I had expected to be brief, but to my surprise
found a close and interested listener, even to the twice-told parts,
and drew my story out a little, to the liking of us both.
"Your friend has an earnest advocate in you, Sir Edwin," said the
princess.
"That he has," I replied.


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