Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 by George MacDonald
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"'How do you like falling in?' said the prince. "After a few efforts, the princess panted out: "'Is that what you call _falling in_?' "'Yes,' answered the prince, 'I should think it a very tolerable specimen.' "'It seemed to me like going up,' rejoined she. "'My feeling was certainly one of elevation, too,' the prince conceded. "The princess did not appear to understand him, for she retorted his first question: '"How do _you_ like falling in?' "'Beyond everything,' answered he; 'for I have fallen in with the only perfect creature I ever saw.' "'No more of that: I am tired of it,' said the princess. "Perhaps she shared her father's aversion to punning. "'Don't you like falling in, then?' said the prince. |
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