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Coronation Day

           "Usedityetcouldnotexplainwhereitwas?"

           "Ididnotknowitwasthattheywanted.Theydidnotdescribeit,yourMajesty."

           "Thenhowusedyouit?"

           TheredbloodbegantostealupintoTom’scheeks,andhedroppedhiseyesandwassilent.

           "Speakup,goodlad,andfearnothing,"saidtheKing."HowusedyoutheGreatSealofEngland?"

           Tomstammeredamoment,inapatheticconfusion,thengotitout

           "Tocracknutswith!"

           

           Poorchild,theavalancheoflaughterthatgreetedthisnearlyswepthimoffhisfeet.ButifadoubtremainedinanymindthatTomCantywasnottheKingofEnglandandfamiliarwiththeaugustappurtenancesofroyalty,thisreplydisposedofitutterly.

           MeantimethesumptuousrobeofstatehadbeenremovedfromTom’sshoulderstotheKing’s,whoseragswereeffectuallyhiddenfromsightunderit.Thenthecoronationceremonieswereresumed;thetrueKingwasanointedandthecrownsetuponhishead,whilstcannonthunderedthenewstothecity,andallLondonseemedtorockwithapplause.

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