″‘All right,’ said the Ordinary Princess. ‘I’m listening.’
‘Well, first of all,’ said the King, ‘will you marry me?’
‘Perry!’ gasped the Ordinary Princess.
‘Yes or no,’ demanded Peregrine.
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‘Yes,’ said the Ordinary Princess promptly.
‘Darling kitchen maid!’ said Peregrine, catching her into his arms and kissing her. ‘I knew you wouldn’t desert me. Then that’s all right. And now to business. You can’t go on being a kitchen maid, and anyway, you’ve been fired. So you can’t go on staying here.‘”