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Portrait of Edgar Jepson Edgar Jepson,  The Professional Prince — Chapter 13 (1917)

“ All true love begins with a little aversion; the experts are unanimous about it.”
The princess gazed at him earnestly with more than a shade of suspicion in her eyes.
“I don't know whether you're rotting or not——” she began.
“Would I rot about the deepest feelings of a strong man's heart?” the prince asked sadly.
“Yes,” said the Princess Anne, without any hesitation. “But you've certainly succeeded in producing that aversion. At least, it isn't aversion; it's indifference. Frieda doesn't take any interest in you at all.
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Portrait of Edgar Jepson Edgar Jepson,  The Professional Prince — Chapter 13 (1917)

“ The prince went to the telephone and rang up Sir Horace Cheatle.
“Look here! You must get Stuart away from the palace at once,” he said, when he heard Sir Horace's anxious voice at the other end of the wire.
“Where shall I take him, then?” asked Sir Horace in a flustered tone.
“I don't know. Take him to some safe place. But for goodness' sake, get him away at once, or the fat will be in the fire and socially you'll be a ruined man! Then come round here in time to go with me to my morning visit to the Princess Frieda. You've no time to lose.”
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Portrait of Edgar Jepson Edgar Jepson,  The Professional Prince — Chapter 13 (1917)

“ Of course I told her again and again that all that boring talk was your sinister humor.”
“That was useful,” said the prince. “Then if she does tax me with the deception, I must swear till I'm blue in the face that John Stuart was I being humorous in a sinister fashion.”
“It's the only thing to do,” agreed the Princess Anne. “It's a blessing that you can make any one believe most of the things you say.”
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