A Conversation at the Dinner Table
At dinner Daddy told us he had seen a prince. I asked him what prince it was.
Then Mother said, “Didn’t you read the paper, Ella Sturgis?”
“No,” I replied.
“It was the Prince of Greece,” said Daddy, “and he wore a monocle.”
Chucky said, “What is a monocle?”
“It is a glass people wear in one eye and squint a little to keep it in,” said Mother.
Then she asked Daddy where he had seen the prince.
“At the club,” he replied. “I was invited to have lunch with him, but I could not accept the invitation because I had promised Ella Sturgis to do something for her dog, and Ashes is more important than the Prince.”
Ella Sturgis Pillsbury, Form VI.