"It is very difficult," he said, "with us it is so simple;
six and a half groner are equal to one and a third
gross-groner or the quarter part of our Rigsdaler. Here
it is so complicated."
We ventured to show the Prince a fifty-cent piece and to
explain its value by putting two quarters beside it.
"I see," said the Prince, whose mathematical ability is
quite exceptional, "two twenty-five-cent pieces are equal
to one fifty-cent piece. I must try to remember that.
Meantime," he added, with a gesture of royal condescension,
putting the money in his pocket, "I will keep your coins
as instructors"--we murmured our thanks--"and now explain
to me, please, your five-dollar gold piece and your
ten-dollar eagle."
We felt it proper, however, to shift the subject, and
asked the Prince a few questions in regard to his views
on American politics. We soon found that His Highness,
although this is his first visit to this continent, is
a keen student of our institutions and our political
life. Indeed, His Altitude showed by his answers to our
questions that he is as well informed about our politics
as we are ourselves. On being asked what he viewed as
the uppermost tendency in our political life of to-day,
the Prince replied thoughtfully that he didn't know.
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