Storyteller By SAKI

Over the course of the story, we come to see that the aunt isn't very good with children and doesn't know how to capture their interest or keep their attention. She is easily frustrated.

The bachelor seems to find humor in the aunt's frustration, as well as the children's reaction to her story. When she challenges him to tell his own, he happily chimes in with a different sort of story.

There are also moments where we might infer there is some attraction between the two characters.....

“Was she pretty?” asked the older little girl.
“Not as pretty as any of you,” said the bachelor, “but she was horribly good.”

“Why weren’t there any sheep?” came the unavoidable question.
The aunt had a big smile on her face.
“There were no sheep in the park,” said the bachelor, “because the Prince’s mother had once had a dream that her son would either be killed by a sheep or by a clock falling on him. So the Prince never kept sheep in his park or a clock in his palace.”
The aunt gasped in admiration at how well the bachelor had answered the question.