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           No,therewouldbetoomanyofthem!Itwouldbethehousesthathehadneverenteredthatwouldbecomefamous. "OnlyhouseinSouthLondonthatHarrisneverhadadrinkin!" Thepeoplewouldflocktoittoseewhatcouldhavebeenthematterwithit. 

           Howpoorweak-mindedKingEdwymusthavehatedKyningestun! Thecoronationfeasthadbeentoomuchforhim. Maybeboar’sheadstuffedwithsugar-plumsdidnotagreewithhim(itwouldn’twithme,Iknow),andhehadhadenoughofsackandmead;soheslippedfromthenoisyreveltostealaquietmoonlighthourwithhisbelovedElgiva. 

           Perhaps,fromthecasement,standinghand-in-hand,theywerewatchingthecalmmoonlightontheriver,whilefromthedistanthallstheboisterousrevelryfloatedinbrokenburstsoffaint-hearddinandtumult. 

           ThenbrutalOdoandSt.Dunstanforcetheirrudewayintothequietroom,andhurlcoarseinsultsatthesweet-facedQueen,anddragpoorEdwybacktotheloudclamourofthedrunkenbrawl. 

           Yearslater,tothecrashofbattle-music,SaxonkingsandSaxonrevelrywereburiedsidebyside, andKingston’sgreatnesspassedawayforatime,toriseoncemorewhenHamptonCourtbecamethepalaceoftheTudorsandtheStuarts, andtheroyalbargesstrainedattheirmooringsontheriver’sbank,andbright-cloakedgallantsswaggereddownthewater-stepstocry:"WhatFerry,ho!Gadzooks,gramercy." 

           Manyoftheoldhouses,roundabout,speakveryplainlyofthosedayswhenKingstonwasaroyalborough,andnoblesandcourtierslivedthere,neartheirKing,andthelongroadtothepalacegateswasgayalldaywithclankingsteelandprancingpalfreys,andrustlingsilksandvelvets,andfairfaces.