"A good thing too, little countess," said "Uncle," "only mind you don`t fall off your horse," he added, "becausethat`s it, come on!you`ve nothing to hold on to."

"Look, Prince," said another, who would have dearly liked to take another pie but felt shy, and therefore pretended to be examining the countryside"See, our infantrymen have already got there. Look there in the meadow behind the village, three of them are dragging something. They`ll ransack that castle," he remarked with evident approval.