46/49 But I've not come on business. I've come with the queerest story you ever heard in your life and I've come to ask your help." "Go ahead. A good story is just what I want this vile mornin'." "I'm not here alone. I've a lady with me." "God bless my soul! A lady!" "Ay, a princess. She's in the next room." The young man looked wildly at him and waved the book he had been reading. |