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 "I am sorry," he said again. "I—I'd like very much to be one."

"You should be satisfied with what you are—and have," she answered, lightly.

"Maybe. There's one thing, however, that I haven't got, and which I'd like very much to have."

"Yes? And what is that?" She dipped her brush in green paint, wiggled it toward the centre of the palette, leaving a zigzag of color across the polished cedar, and deepened a shadow on the canvas before her.

"Information," answered Miles, watching her hand. "You see, you have very much the best of it; you know my name and my profession, while I—well, I think you are a princess, but I can't be certain. Any scraps of information on the subject