Chapter 13: The Crown Prince

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌⁠Wherein the Green Mouse Squeaks

A few minutes later the paper hanging young man entered, swinging an empty dinner pail and halted in polite surprise before a flushed young girl in full fencing costume, who sat on his operating table, feet crossed, convulsively hugging a book to the scarlet heart embroidered on her plastron.

"I—hope you don't mind my sitting here," she managed to say. "I wanted to wa