me Little Miss Grouch. I'm getting even," she announced with delicate
satisfaction.
The old man cackled with glee. "Blind as well as dumb! There's a little
godling who is also blind and--well, you know the proverb: 'When the
blind lead the blind, both shall fall in the ditch.' Look well to your
footsteps, O Princess."
"Is that legal advice?"
"Oh, that reminds me! You don't chance to have any documentary proof of
your birth, do you?"
"With me? Gracious, no! People don't travel with the family Bible, do
they?"
"They ought to, in melodrama. And this is certainly some
ten-twenty-thirty show! Wise people occasionally have passports."
"Nobody ever accused me of wisdom. Besides, I left in a hurry."
"To escape the false prince. More fairy-tale."
"But I _am_ twenty-one and I've got t
