That just comes of your eternal conceit and arrogance ! If you were clever enough to kill the creature -- and I admit that -- you were clever enough to know that what everybody said must be true . ` You have not generally found it so ? ' Well , you have this time , and let it be a lesson to you ; not that there is much comfort in that , for it is not likely you will ever have such another chance '' -- exactly the idea that had occurred to Benson . Here the king wept , among the tears of the lord chief justice , the poet laureate -LRB- who had been awfully frightened when he heard of the rattlesnakes -RRB- , the maids of honour , the chaplain royal , and everyone but Colonel McDougal , a Scottish soldier of fortune , who maintained a military reserve . When his majesty had recovered , he said to Prigio -LRB- who had not been crying , he was too much absorbed -RRB- : `` A king 's word is his bond . Bring me a pen , somebody , and my cheque-book . '' The royal cheque-book , bound in red morocco , was brought in by eight pages , with ink and a pen . His majesty then filled up and signed the following satisfactory document -- -LRB- Ah ! my children , how I wish Mr. Arrowsmith would do as much for me ! -RRB- : -LCB- A cheque for ten thousand purses , payable to Prince Prigio : p114.jpg -RCB- `` There ! '' said his majesty , crossing his cheque and throwing sand over it , for blotting-paper had not yet been invented ; `` there , take that , and be off with you ! '' Prince Prigio was respectfully but rapidly obeying his royal command , for he thought he had better cash the royal cheque as soon as possible , when his majesty yelled : `` Hi ! here ! come back ! I forgot something ; you 've got to marry Molinda ! '' CHAPTER XVI . A Melancholy Chapter . The prince had gone some way , when the king called after him . How he wished he had the seven-league boots on , or that he had the cap of darkness in his pocket !
XXXXX he had been so lucky , he would now have got back to Gluckstein , and crossed the border with Lady Rosalind .
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