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Coronation Day

           Atthisimpressivemoment,astartlingapparitionintrudeduponthesceneanapparitionobservedbynoneintheabsorbedmultitude,untilitsuddenlyappeared,movingupthegreatcentralaisle.Itwasaboy,bareheaded,illshod,andclothedincoarseplebeiangarmentsthatwerefallingtorags.Heraisedhishandwithasolemnitywhichillcomportedwithhissoiledandsorryaspect,anddeliveredthisnoteofwarning

           "IforbidyoutosetthecrownofEnglanduponthatforfeitedhead.IamtheKing!"

           Inaninstantseveralindignanthandswerelaidupontheboy;butinthesameinstantTomCanty,inhisregalvestments,madeaswiftstepforward,andcriedoutinaringingvoice

           "Loosehimandforbear!HeistheKing!"

           Asortofpanicofastonishmentswepttheassemblage,andtheypartlyroseintheirplacesandstaredinabewilderedwayatoneanotherandatthechieffiguresinthisscene,likepersonswhowonderedwhethertheywereawakeandintheirsenses,orasleepanddreaming.TheLordProtectorwasasamazedastherest,butquicklyrecoveredhimself,andexclaimedinavoiceofauthority

           "MindnothisMajesty,hismaladyisuponhimagainseizethevagabond!"

           Hewouldhavebeenobeyed,butthemock-Kingstampedhisfootandcriedout

           "Onyourperil!Touchhimnot,heistheKing!"

           Thehandswerewithheld;aparalysisfelluponthehouse;noonemoved,noonespoke;indeed,nooneknewhowtoactorwhattosay,insostrangeandsurprisinganemergency.

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