Chapter
11
THE KING SAT SCOWLING AT THE CROWN PRINCE; BUT THAT WAS nothing unusual, as the King always scowled, only he scowled most at Ferdinand.
"You are twenty-one," he said. "It is time you were marrying. I have arranged for you to go to her father's capital and ask for the hand of the Princess Maria."
"I do not want to marry yet," said Ferdinand. "I do not want to marry Maria at all. She has a long face and buck teeth. I can never decide whether she looks more like a horse or a rabbit."
"It makes no difference what you want or what she looks like," snapped Otto; "you are going to marry her. I command it. You still have the little Dutch girl-"
"Who says that?" demanded Ferdinand. "It's a lie."
King Otto sneered. "You were not bright enough to fool Sarnya," he said. "He can tell
