`` Glad you like it , '' said the king , much pleased . `` Well , where was I ? Oh , yes ; your man said he had killed the creature in a garden , quite near Gluckstein . I did n't much like the whole affair : he is an alien , you see ; and then there was my niece , Molinda -- poor girl , she was certain to give trouble . Her heart is buried , if I may say so , with poor Alphonso . But the queen is a very remarkable woman -- very remarkable -- '' `` Very ! '' said the ambassador , with perfect truth . '' ` Caitiff ! ' she cries to your butler , '' his majesty went on ; '' ` perjured knave , thou liest in thy throat ! Gluckstein is a hundred leagues from here , and how say est thou that thou slewest the molester , and earnest hither in a few hours ' space ? ' This had not occurred to me , -- I am a plain king , but I at once saw the force of her majesty 's argument . Yes , ' said I ; ` how did you manage it ? ' But he -- your man , I mean -- was not a bit put out . ` Why , your majesty , ' says he , ' I just sat down on that there bit of carpet , wished I was here , and here I ham . And I 'd be glad , having had the trouble , -- and my time not being my own , -- to see the colour of them perkisits , according to the proclamation . ' On this her majesty grew more indignant , if possible . ` Nonsense ! ' she cried ; ' a story out of the ` Arabian Nights ' is not suited for a modern public , and fails to win æsthetic credence . ' These were her very words . '' `` Her majesty 's expressions are ever choice and appropriate , '' said the ambassador . ''
` Sit down there , on the carpet , knave , ' she went on ; ` ourself and consort ' -- meaning me -- ` will take our places by thy side , and I shall wish us in Gluckstein , XXXXX thy master 's !
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