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him, you had better stay and watch him yourself"

With which answer, her entleman addressed to follow or not, as he pleased It pleased hi anathemas between

his royal teeth, and evidently in the saentle spouses,

under si,

perhaps, for kings and queens to take broom-sticks to settle their

little differences of opinion, like common Christians; and so the prince

peaceably followed her, and entered the salle a er with the rest,

and Sir Norman and his keepers were left in the hall of state,he knew his hours were nu curious, and the tapestry

having been drawn aside, he looked through the arch with a good deal of

interest

The aparth still

very large, and instead of being all cri with blue and silver These azure hangings were of satin,

instead of velvet, and looked quite light and cool, co was spangled over with silver

stars, with the royal arms quartered in the lea like ivory, and cushioned with blue

satin The table was of ith, as it had need to be, and

flashed and sparkled in the wax lights with heaps of gold and silver

plate, cut-glass, and precious porcelain Golden and crireat silver baskets of fruit were strewn

about, with piles of cakes and confectionery--not to speak of lishreat, raised chair at the head, and helped herself

without paying ed

down its length, according to their rank--which, as they were all pretty

much dukes and duchesses, was about equal