here ! come back ! I forgot something ; you 've got to marry Molinda ! '' -LSB- Illustration : Chapter Sixteen -RSB- 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 ! If he had been so lucky , he would now have got back to Gluckstein , and crossed the border with Lady Rosalind . A million of money may not seem much , but a pair of young people who really love each other could live happily on less than the cheque he had in his pocket . However , the king shouted very loud , as he always did when he meant to be obeyed , and the prince sauntered slowly back again . `` Prigio ! '' said his majesty , `` where were you off to ? Do n't you remember that this is your wedding-day ? My proclamation offered , not only the money -LRB- which you have -RRB- , but the hand of the Lady Molinda , which the Court chaplain will presently make your own . I congratulate you , sir ; Molinda is a dear girl . '' `` I have the highest affection and esteem for my cousin , sir , '' said the prince , `` but : -- '' `` I 'll never marry him ! '' cried poor Molinda , kneeling at the throne , where her streaming eyes and hair made a pretty and touching picture . `` Never ! I despise him ! '' -LSB- Illustration : Page 84 -RSB- `` I was about to say , sir , '' the prince went on , `` that I can not possibly have the pleasure of wedding my cousin . '' `` The family gibbet , I presume , is in good working order ? ''
asked the king XXXXX the family executioner , a tall gaunt man in black and scarlet , who was only employed in the case of members of the blood royal .
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