"A princess must be polite," she said to herself.
And so when the servants, taking their tone from their mistress, were insolent and ordered her about,she would hold her head erect and reply to them with a quaint civility which often made them stare at her.
"She's got more airs and graces than if she come from Buckingham Palace, that young one," said the cook, chuckling a little sometimes; "I lose my temper with her often enough, but I will say she never forgets her manners. 'If you please, cook;' 'Will you be so kind, cook?' 'I beg your pardon, cook;' 'May I trouble you, cook?' She drops 'em about the kitchen as if they was nothing."