What does the narrator mean by, "romance at short notice was her specialty"? mrs. sappleton knew that if she kept the window open, eventually her family would return. mrs. sappleton was a hopeless romantic. the child dreamed often of her knight in shining armor. the child could dream up "romantic" stories quickly and easily.

An inference that can be made is that the princess is bothered about the tiger door. although there are reasons for both this one has a better reason. the princess is not a monster and even if she didn't want to marry this man she wouldn't want him to die. the grudge of death is pretty heavy. unless she has done this before and feels no regret then she wouldn't want to be married to someone of low quality, if he is low quality.