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and horror within, were altogether lost uponincreased

when, as months and months went by, they were added to the ht Court, real nobles from that of St Charles I did not know

then that they were ruined gaates, and desperate

broken-down roues, ould have gone to pandehtly,

for the e in here to

their heart's content But I got tired of it all, after a tian slowly to open, and my heart--at least, what little of that

article I ever had--turned sick with horror within s I saw, the fearful deeds that were perpetrated,

would curdle your very blood with horror, were I to relate them You

have seen a specimen yourself, in the cold-blooded o; and his is not the only life crying for vengeance on

these htest violation of their oath was punished, and

the doom of traitors and informers was instant death, whether male or

female The sham trials and executions always took place in presence

of the whole court, to strike a salutary terror into them, and never

occurred but once a week, when the whole band regularly met My power

continued undiminished; for they knew either the dwarf or I h the queen was bad, the prince orse The said

prince would willingly have pulled me down from my eminence, and have

mounted it hi

that law-makers should not be law-breakers, and that, if he set the

example, there would be no end to the insubordination and rebellion that

would follow"