The Princess Virginia

The Princess Virginia

Thats the best compliment any one can give me, which is lucky, as its given so often, laughed the Princess. Dear, adorable Virginia! She cuddled into the pink hollow of her hand the pearl-framed ivory miniature of a beautiful, smiling girl, which always hung from a thin gold chain around her neck. They shouldnt have named me after you, should they, if they hadnt wanted me to be like you? It was partly a question of money, dear, sighed the Grand Duchess. If my mother hadnt left a legacy to my first daughter only on consideration that her own extremely American name of Virginia should be perpetuated It was a delicious way of being patriotic. Im glad she did it. I love being the only Royal Princess with American blood in my veins and an American name on my handkerchiefs. Do you believe for an instant that if Grandmother Virginia were alive, she would let Granddaughter Virginia marry Prince Henri de Touraine? I dont see why not, said the Grand Duchess. She wasnt too patriotic to marry an English Duke, and startle London as the first American Duchess. Heavens, the things she used to do, if one could believe half the wild stories my fathers sister told me in warning! And as for my father, though a most charming man, of course, he could noterhave been called precisely estimable, while Prince Henri certainly is, and an exceedingly good match even for youin present circumstances. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 29715
Author: Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
Release Date: Aug 17, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris), 1859-1920

Illustrator: Guipon, Leon