The adventures of Prince Prigio and of his son, Prince Ricardo . degagez,vite; coiitre de carte^^ and so forth, might beheard over a great part of the royal establish-ment. 198 PRINCE PRIGIO. CHAPTER VII. PRINCE RICARDO AND AN OLD ENEMY. There is one brute I wish I could get up-sides with, said Ricardo at breakfast onemorning, his mouth full of sardine. Really, Ricardo, your language is most un-princely, said his august father; I am alwaysnoticing it. You mean, I suppose, that there isone enemy of the human race whom you wishto abolish. What is the name of the doomedfoe? Well, he is the greate
The adventures of Prince Prigio and of his son, Prince Ricardo . degagez,vite; coiitre de carte^^ and so forth, might beheard over a great part of the royal establish-ment. 198 PRINCE PRIGIO. CHAPTER VII. PRINCE RICARDO AND AN OLD ENEMY. There is one brute I wish I could get up-sides with, said Ricardo at breakfast onemorning, his mouth full of sardine. Really, Ricardo, your language is most un-princely, said his august father; I am alwaysnoticing it. You mean, I suppose, that there isone enemy of the human race whom you wishto abolish. What is the name of the doomedfoe? Well, he is the greatest villain in history,said Ricardo. You must have read abouthim, sir, the Yellow Dwarf. Yes, I have certainly studied what is toldus about him, said the king. He is nofavorite of mine. He is the only one, if you notice, sir, of allthe scoundrels about whom our ancestors inform PRINCE RICARDO. 199 us, wlio escaped the doom which he richlymerited at the sword of a good knight. You may here remark that, since Dick tookto his studies, he could speak when he chose. like a printed book, which was by no meansthe case before. ^ If you remember, he polished off—I mean,he slew—the Kino^ of the Golden Mines andthe beautiful, though frivolous, Princess Fru-tilla. All that the friendly mermaid could dofor them was to turn them into a pair of beau-tiful trees which intertwine their branches. 200 PRINCE PRIGIO. Not mucli use in that, sir! And nothing wasdone to the scoundrel. He may be going onstill; and, with your leave, Ill go and try asword-thrust with him. Francalanza says Imimproving uncommon. Youll take the usual sword of sharpness said his majesty. What, sir, to a dwarf? Not I, indeed; acommon small sword is good enough to settlehim. ^ They say he is very cunning of fence, saidthe king; and besides, I have heard somethingof a diamond sword that he stole from the Kingof the Golden Mines. Very likely he has lost it or sold it, theshabby little miscreant; hoAvever, Ill risk now
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