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Le Roi est mort — vive le Roi

           Theweightybusinessofdressingbegan,andonecourtierafteranotherkneltandpaidhiscourtandofferedtothelittleKinghiscondolencesuponhisheavyloss,whilstthedressingproceeded.Inthebeginning,ashirtwastakenupbytheChiefEquerryinWaiting,whopassedittotheFirstLordoftheBuckhounds,whopassedittotheSecondGentlemanoftheBedchamber,whopassedittotheHeadRangerofWindsorForest,whopassedittotheThirdGroomoftheStole,whopassedittotheChancellorRoyaloftheDuchyofLancaster,whopassedittotheMasteroftheWardrobe,whopassedittoNorroyKing-at-Arms,whopassedittotheConstableoftheTower,whopassedittotheChiefStewardoftheHousehold,whopassedittotheHereditaryGrandDiaperer,whopassedittotheLordHighAdmiralofEngland,whopassedittotheArchbishopofCanterbury,whopassedittotheFirstLordoftheBedchamber,whotookwhatwasleftofitandputitonTom.Poorlittlewonderingchap,itremindedhimofpassingbucketsatafire.

           

           Eachgarmentinitsturnhadtogothroughthisslowandsolemnprocess;consequentlyTomgrewverywearyoftheceremony;sowearythathefeltanalmostgushinggratefulnesswhenheatlastsawhislongsilkenhosebeginthejourneydownthelineandknewthattheendofthematterwasdrawingnear.Butheexultedtoosoon.

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