`` We are most fortunate , '' said the king . `` The boots , now I come to think of it , are unimportant , at least for the present . Perhaps we can borrow a pair from the theatre . '' `` As for the glass , '' said the optician , `` if your Majesty will allow me to take it home with me -- '' `` I am afraid I can not part with it , '' said the king ; `` but that , too , is unimportant , or not very pressing . '' Then he called for a servant , to order luncheon for the shopkeepers , and paper for them to write their orders on . But no one was within hearing , and in that very old part of the palace there were no bells . `` Just pardon me for an instant , while I run downstairs , '' said his Majesty ; `` and , it seems a strange thing to ask , but may I advise you not to sit down on that carpet ? I have a reason for it . '' In fact , he was afraid that someone might sit down on it , and wish he was somewhere else , and be carried away , as was the nature of the carpet . King Prigio was not absent a minute , for he met William on the stairs ; but when he came back , there was not one single person in the turret-room ! `` Where on earth are they ? '' cried the king , rushing through all the rooms in that part of the castle . He shouted for them , and looked everywhere ; but there was not a trace of tailor , hatter , optician , swordmaker , upholsterer . The king hastened to a window over the gate , and saw the sentinels on duty . `` Hi ! '' he called . And the sentinels turned round , looked up , and saluted . `` Have you seen anyone go out ? '' he cried . `` No one , sire , '' answered the soldiers .
The king , who began to guess what had happened , hurried back XXXXX the turret-room .
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