Such are , or rather such were , the toils of monarchs ! CHAPTER V. Prince Ricardo Crosses the Path of History . -LCB- Hand reaching for a crown with wings : p83.jpg -RCB- `` I say , Jack , '' said Prince Ricardo one morning , `` here 's a queer letter for me ! '' King Prigio had gone to a distant part of his dominions , on business of importance , and the young people were sitting in the royal study . The letter , which Ricardo handed to Jaqueline , was written on a great broad sheet of paper , folded up without any envelope , as was the custom then , and was sealed with a huge seal in red wax . `` I do n't know the arms , '' Ricardo said . `` Oh , Ricardo , how you do neglect your Heraldry ! Old Green Stocking is in despair over your ignorance . '' Now Green Stocking was the chief herald of Pantouflia , just like Blue Mantle in England . `` Why , these are the Royal Arms of England , you great ignorant Dick ! '' `` But Rome is n't in England , is it ? -- and the post-mark is ` Roma ' : that 's Rome in some lingo , I expect . It is in Latin , anyhow , I know . Mortuus est Romae -- ` He died at Rome . ' It 's in the Latin Grammar . Let 's see what the fellow says , anyhow , '' added Ricardo , breaking the seal . `` He begins , ` Prins and dear Cousin ! ' I say , Jaqueline , he spells it ` Prins ; ' now it is P-R-I-N-C-E . He must be an ignorant fellow ! '' `` People in glass houses should not throw stones , Dick , '' said Jaqueline .
`` He signs himself ` Charles , P. W. , ' '' said XXXXX , looking at the end .
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