I have learned that he has been to his capital but
twice since he was fifteen. He is even now absent on a hunting trip in
Bavaria, and his coronation but a few days off. There will be only one
king in Jugendheit, and that will be the prince regent."
"He has done tolerably well up to the present," observed Carmichael,
welcoming this change. "Jugendheit is prosperous; it has a splendid
army. The prince regent is a fine type of man, they say, rugged,
patient, frugal and sensible."
"There is an instance where he made a cruel blunder."
"No man is infallible," said he, wondering what this blunder was.
"I suppose not. Look! The artillery is firing."
Boom-boom! They saw the smoke leap from the muzzles of the cannon, and
it seemed minutes before the sound reached them.
"I have a fine country, too," she said, with pride; "prosperous, and an
army not inferior to that of Jugendheit."
"I was not making comparisons, your Highness."
"I know that, my friend. I was simply speaking from the heart. But I
doubt if the prince regent is a better man than our Herbeck."
"I prefer Herbeck, never having met the prince regent. But I have some
news for your highness."
"News for me?"
"Yes. I am about to ask for my recall," he said, the idea having come
into his mind at that precise moment.
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