Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl

Author:Patrice Kindl
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

"No doubt. But—"

"You ought to have seen that cook, Goose Girl. She couldn't show me enough attention. 'Twas almost embarrassing."

"I have no difficulty imagining it, my lord," I sighed. "Indeed, your subjects love you well."

"You are one of my subjects, Goose Girl." The Prince looked slyly at me out of the corner of his eye. "Dost thou love thy prince and lord?"

"Of a surety, sire," I said, not at all caring for the trend of this conversation. "As your subject, of course. We have settled to our own satisfaction that no other relationship between us is possible."

"Hmmm ... true," said the Prince, and he was silent.

"But you have not told me, sire," I said, "how 'twas that you found me. You came upon the Ogresses' valley in less than a fortnight, and I cannot think how you managed it."

"O, that was the easiest thing in the world," the Prince said negligently. "I take no credit for it."

"But how was it done?" I demanded, grinding my teeth only a little.

"Why, your Geese showed me the way, of course, how else?"

"My—my Geese? What can you mean?"

Patiently, as though speaking to a child, the Prince said, "Your Geese led me to you, I tell you. They found me in a lonely wood, quite despairing. Some walked before me and some walked after, never allowing me to stray from the path which they had ordained." The Prince rubbed his hindmost portions reminiscently. "They can be quite severe when they choose to be, your Geese."

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