But see!
here comes another messenger!'
'O thou wisest and best! thou richest and mightiest! thou glory and
admiration! thou defence and consternation! Lo! the people of the South
have cut their king's head off!'
'Well! I suppose that is exactly what you all want,' said the innocent
Popanilla.
The Private Secretary looked mysterious, and said that he was not
prepared to answer; that his department never having been connected with
this species of business he was unable at the moment to give his
Excellency the requisite information. At the same time, he begged to
state that, provided anything he said should not commit him, he had no
objection to answer the question hypothetically. The Aboriginal
Inhabitant said that he would have no hypotheses or Jacobins; that he
did not approve of cutting off kings' heads; and that the Vraibleusians
were the most monarchical people in the world. So saying, he walked up,
without any ceremony, to the chief Manager, and taking him by the
button, conversed with him some time in an earnest manner, which made
the stocks fall two per cent.
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