He is always thirsting after adventure.

He bade me bring you in to him, if you came.

I said you would be sure to do so.

It was useless my going out to look for you, as I could not tell what you might have to do before starting." The young prince threw aside the book he was reading, when they entered.
"Ah, monsieur the Englishman," he said; "so you are off again, like a veritable knight-errant of romance, in search of fresh adventure." "No, sir, my search will be to avoid adventure." "Ah, well, you are sure to find some, whether or not.

Sapristie, but it is annoying to be born a prince." "It has its advantages also, sir," Philip said, smiling.
The prince laughed merrily.
"So I suppose; but for my part, I have not discovered them, as yet.
I must hope for the future; but it appears to me, now, that it can never be pleasant.