Here I should like to remark, for the sake of princes and princesses in general, that it is a low and contemptible thing to refuse to confess a fault, or even an error. If a true princess has done wrong, she is always uneasy until she has had an opportunity of throwing the wrongness away from her by saying: 'I did it; and I wish I had not; and I am sorry for having done it.' So you see there is some ground for supposing that Curdie was not a miner only, but a prince as well. Many such instances have been known in the world's history.
Interesting comparison with Curdie and the foolish notion that princes and princesses are honest and true. I like it for the sake of the story, but I call bullshit on this dynamic that princes and princesses have some grief that comes upon them for being privileged, spoiled cunts.
