`` What 's this ? '' he cried , and first he shook the heart like a watch , and then put his ear to it . `` Bless my soul ! '' cried the doctor , and by this time of course the excitement among the spectators was tremendous , fairies fainting right and left . Everybody stared breathlessly at the Duke , who was very much startled and looked as if he would like to run away . `` Good gracious me ! '' the doctor was heard muttering , and now the heart was evidently on fire , for he had to jerk his fingers away from it and put them in his mouth . The suspense was awful ! Then in a loud voice , and bowing low , `` My Lord Duke , '' said the physician elatedly , `` I have the honour to inform your excellency that your grace is in love . '' You ca n't conceive the effect of it . Brownie held out her arms to the Duke and he flung himself into them , the Queen leapt into the arms of the Lord Chamberlain , and the ladies of the court leapt into the arms of her gentlemen , for it is etiquette to follow her example in everything . Thus in a single moment about fifty marriages took place , for if you leap into each other 's arms it is a fairy wedding . Of course a clergyman has to be present . How the crowd cheered and leapt ! Trumpets brayed , the moon came out , and immediately a thousand couples seized hold of its rays as if they were ribbons in a May dance and waltzed in wild abandon round the fairy ring . Most gladsome sight of all , the Cupids plucked the hated fools ' caps from their heads and cast them high in the air . And then Maimie went and spoiled everything . She could n't help it . She was crazy with delight over her little friend 's good fortune , so she took several steps forward and cried in an ecstasy , `` Oh , Brownie , how splendid ! '' Everybody stood still , the music ceased , the lights went out , and all in the time you may take to say `` Oh dear ! ''
An awful sense of her peril came upon XXXXX , too late she remembered that she was a lost child in a place where no human must be between the locking and the opening of the gates , she heard the murmur of an angry multitude , she saw a thousand swords flashing for her blood , and she uttered a cry of terror and fled .
Brownie Chamberlain Cupids Duke Maimie Queen fire first left right