"I`ll let two more letters pass, but the third I`ll read," said the prince sternly; "I`m afraid you write much nonsense. I`ll read the third!"

‘My name you need not know,’ was the reply. ‘I came here, because I was shown the way by your servant. I have addressed you twice or thrice, but you were too profoundly engaged with your book to hear me, and I have been silently waiting until you should be less abstracted. What I want I will tell you, when you can summon up courage enough to hear and understand me.’