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. You are out of your heads, and I shall never be able to get you married, and you will ruin my kingdom.

. Oh, look! Look! Here comes a handsome young man.

. Yes, here he comes.

. It must be the Blue Prince who is travelling through the world, so they say, in search of an education.

. And to get married.

. And have a good time.

. If it indeed be he, he shall be welcome, for the King, his father, is my friend and ally, and I should like nothing better than to marry him to one of my children. Be very careful not to do anything to frighten him away, or by the fourteen points of my crown, I will end by doing to you as the people say:

. Hail, great King! Beautiful Princesses, hail! Is this the palace of King Chuchurumbo?

. [Aside] The more you look, the less you see. The boy is a numskull!

. [Aside] Be prudent and remember your manners. [Aloud] I am King Chuchurumbo, the ninety and ninth of that name, but a duplicate, as I am the second of that number. I have been unwilling in prolonging the line to require my subjects to count above a hundred. This is my palace, and these are my three daughters. And you, my amiable young man, who are you?

. Do you know this ring?