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PRINCESS AND MICROBE
"Not at all," answered the Knight courteously, "only your quest is the same as mine, and I should be glad to know that it is over. I, too, am hunting him."
A beautiful expression swept over the Princess's face and into her blue eyes. She looked less like a baby than she had done at any time for seventeen years.
"I thought men did n't care."
"Some do."
"Auguste Philippe does n't—he only laughs, and so does old Lord Jean; but I think that this will convince them," and Princess Victorine triumphantly brandished her spear.
"Ah!" said the Knight, looking at it with sudden interest, "may I see your point?" But as he moved to take it, he
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