"If your majesty wished to be obeyed punctually," she might give me a reasonable order. She could order me, for example, to leave before one minute. It seems to me that the conditions are favorable ... "

The king having replied nothing, the little prince hesitated at first, then, with a sigh, took the departure.

"I make you my ambassador," then hastened to cry the king.

He had an air of authority.

Great people are very strange, the little prince said to himself, during his journey.

XI

The second planet was inhabited by a conceited man:

"Ah! Ah! Here is the visit of an admirer! Exclaimed the vanity from a distance as soon as he saw the little prince.

For, for the conceited, other men are admirers.

"Good morning," said the little prince. You have a funny hat.