In time it will give me pleasure to receive you.

Mr.Richmond,' he added, smiling and rising; 'even the head of a little German principality has to give numberless audiences.' His features took a more cordial smile to convince me that the dismissing sentence was merely playful.
As for me, my mind was confused by the visible fact that the father's features resembled the daughter's.

I mention it, that my mind's condition may be understood.
Hardly had I been bowed out of the room when my father embraced me, and some minutes later I heard Prince Otto talking to me and demanding answers.

That he or any one else should have hostile sentiments toward a poor devil like me seemed strange.

My gift of the horse appeared to anger him most.