"There's no occasion; he's only a miner-boy."
"He is a good boy, and a brave boy, and he has been very kind to us.
Lootie! Lootie! I promised."
"Then you shouldn't have promised."
"Lootie, I promised him a kiss."
"Your royal Highness," said Lootie, suddenly growing very respectful,
"must come in directly."
"Nurse, a princess must _not_ break her word," said Irene, drawing
herself up and standing stockstill.
Lootie did not know which the king might count the worst--to let the
princess be out after sunset, or to let her kiss a miner-boy. She did
not know that, being a gentleman, as many kings have been, he would
have
counted neither of them the worse. However much he might have
disliked
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