The Laughing Prince

"[...] "You talk like the daughter of a farmer!" the first lady-in-waiting said. Then the Princess, because she lost her temper still further, said something she should not have said. "I wish I were the daughter of a farmer!" she declared. "Then I could wear pretty ribbons and go dancing and the boys would come courting me! As it is I have to spend all my time with funny old men and silly old women!"[...]".