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"I am sorry," he said again. "I—I'd like very much to be one."
"You should be satisfied with what you are—and have," she answered, lightly.
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"Maybe. There's one thing, however,
that I haven't got, and which I'd
like very much to have."
"Yes? And what is that?" She dipped her brush in green paint, wiggled it toward the centre of the palette, leaving a zigzag of color across the polished cedar, and deepened a shadow on the canvas before her.
"Information," answered Miles, watching her hand. "You see, you have very much the best of it; you know my name and my profession, while I—well, I think you are a princess, but I can't be certain. Any scraps of information on the subject
