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the King in astonished reproof. "Wouldst thou have us repudiate our solemn treaty?"
"But I wasn't really the first to hit on the idea at all!"
"the gods have enabled me to discover my youngest son."
cried the Black Prince desperately. "Ask the Blue Prince! he never telleth untruth."
"Thou forgettest I have taken an oath of silence on the matter," replied the Blue Prince in astonished reproof. "The Black Prince it was that first hit on the idea," volun-
