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Chapter 31

           TheQueenofDenmark,averybuxomlady,thoughnodoubthistoricallybrazen,wasconsideredbythepublictohavetoomuchbrassabouther;herchinbeingattachedtoherdiadembyabroadbandofthatmetal(asifshehadagorgeoustoothache),herwaistbeingencircledbyanother,andeachofherarmsbyanother,sothatshewasopenlymentionedas"thekettle-drum."Thenobleboyintheancestralbootswasinconsistent,representinghimself,asitwereinonebreath,asanableseaman,astrollingactor,agrave-digger,aclergyman,andapersonoftheutmostimportanceataCourtfencing-match,ontheauthorityofwhosepractisedeyeandnicediscriminationthefineststrokeswerejudged.Thisgraduallyledtoawantoftolerationforhim,andevenonhisbeingdetectedinholyorders,anddecliningtoperformthefuneralservicetothegeneralindignationtakingtheformofnuts.Lastly,Opheliawasapreytosuchslowmusicalmadness,thatwhen,incourseoftime,shehadtakenoffherwhitemuslinscarf,foldeditup,andburiedit,asulkymanwhohadbeenlongcoolinghisimpatientnoseagainstanironbarinthefrontrowofthegallery,growled,"Nowthebaby’sputtobedlet’shavesupper!"Which,tosaytheleastofit,wasoutofkeeping.

           Uponmyunfortunatetownsmanalltheseincidentsaccumulatedwithplayfuleffect.WheneverthatundecidedPrincehadtoaskaquestionorstateadoubt,thepublichelpedhimoutwithit.

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