Her majesty and I rose and went into the outer court , where we found , sitting on that carpet with a glass of beer in his hand , a respectable-looking upper servant , whom I recognised as your butler . He informed us that he had just killed the beast , and showed us the horns and tail , sure enough ; there they are ! The tail is like the iron handle of a pump , but the horns are genuine . A pair were thrown up by a volcano , in my great-grandfather 's time Giglio I. * Excellent coffee this , of yours ! '' * The History of this Prince may be read in a treatise called The Rose and the Ring , by M. A. Titmarsh . London , 1855 . -LSB- Illustration : Page 72 -RSB- The ambassador bowed . `` Well , we asked him where he killed the Firedrake , and he said in a garden near Gluckstein . Then he began to speak about the reward , and the ` perkisits , ' as he called them , which it seems he had read about in my proclamation . Rather a neat thing ; drew it up myself , '' added his majesty . `` Very much to the point , '' said the ambassador , wondering what the king was coming to . `` 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 !
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