12/41 The Prince looked disdainful. Has your scribbling friend run away with Her Highness ?" "My remarks, most noble and puissant Count," said Hillars, bowing, satirically, to the neck of his horse, "I shall confine to the still more noble and puissant Prince of Wortumborg." "This is an unappreciated honor," sneered the Prince. "When an honest man speaks to you he is conferring an honor upon you which you, as you say, cannot appreciate. It appears to me that Your Highness has what we in America call malaria. |