The Rose and the Ring

es to his Majesty a proposed visit from Prince Bulbo, heir of Padella, reigning King of Crim Tartary. Remark the delight upon the monarch’s royal featu

ncess Angelica; “so handsome, so accomplished, so witty — the

him, my dear?”

bird,” say

says mamma, pou

tossing up her head, which rust

the King —“I wish

n. “Angelica’s little maid, Betsinda, told me so whe

king tea,” said the

ng port or brandy-and-wat

ty of new dresses; your milliners’ bills are long enough. My dear Queen, you must see and have some parties. I prefer dinners, but of course you will be for balls. Your e

, dear?” sa

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jesty. “Your own nephew!

I mean bless his dear heart. He need want for nothing; give him a couple of guineas for pocket-mon

d this august family were very much attached), embraced her husband, and, twining her arm round her daug

pen of a G. P. R. James, I would describe Valoroso’s torments in the choicest language; in which I would also depict his flashing eye, his distended no

board was served for the matin meal, drew out a bottle of right Nantz or Cognac, filled and empti

ntlered deer! Ah! well may England’s dramatist remark, ‘Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown!’ Why did I steal my nephew’s, my young Giglio’s —? Steal! said I? no, no, no, not steal, not steal. Let me withdraw that odious expression. I took, and on my manly head I set, the royal crown of Paflagonia; I took, and with my royal arm I wield, the sceptral

tain restitution, which shall be nameless, the prospect by a CERTAIN MARRIAGE of uniting two crowns and two nations which had been engaged in bloody and expensive wars, as the Paflagonians and the Crimeans had been,

she should go up and see Giglio, who had been sick, thought, “Not now. Business first; pleasure afterwards. I will go and see dear Giglio this afternoon; and now I will drive to the jeweller’s, to look for the necklace and b