"Don't you think he'd be a good match for Maud?" he asked, after many
minutes. He felt that he had thought it over.

"Are you thinking of kidnapping him, Will?" she demanded.

"Certainly not! But all you've got to do is to say that he's the man
for Maud and I'll--I'll do the rest. That's the kind of a man I am,
Lou. You say you don't want Count What's-His-Name,--that is, you
don't want him as much as you did,--and you do say that it would be
the grandest thing in the world if Maud could be the Princess of
Grosstick--"

"Graustark, Will."

"That's what I said. Well, if you want her to be the Princess of
_THAT_, I'll see that she is, providing this fellow is a gentleman and
worthy of _her_. The only Prince I ever knew was a damned rascal, and
I'm going to be careful about this one. You remember that measly--"

"There is no question about Prince Robin," said she sharply.

"I suppose the only question is, how much will he want?"

"You mean--settlement?"

"Sure."

"Have you no romance in your soul, William Blithers?"

"I never believed in fairy stories," said he grimly. "And what's