Chapter 31

           OnourarrivalinDenmark,wefoundthekingandqueenofthatcountryelevatedintwoarm-chairsonakitchen-table,holdingaCourt.ThewholeoftheDanishnobilitywereinattendance;consistingofanobleboyinthewash-leatherbootsofagiganticancestor,avenerablePeerwithadirtyfacewhoseemedtohaverisenfromthepeoplelateinlife,andtheDanishchivalrywithacombinitshairandapairofwhitesilklegs,andpresentingonthewholeafeminineappearance.Mygiftedtownsmanstoodgloomilyapart,withfoldedarms,andIcouldhavewishedthathiscurlsandforeheadhadbeenmoreprobable.

           Severalcuriouslittlecircumstancestranspiredastheactionproceeded.Thelatekingofthecountrynotonlyappearedtohavebeentroubledwithacoughatthetimeofhisdecease,buttohavetakenitwithhimtothetomb,andtohavebroughtitback.Theroyalphantomalsocarriedaghostlymanuscriptrounditstruncheon,towhichithadtheappearanceofoccasionallyreferring,andthattoo,withanairofanxietyandatendencytolosetheplaceofreferencewhichweresuggestiveofastateofmortality.Itwasthis,Iconceive,whichledtotheShade’sbeingadvisedbythegalleryto"turnover!"arecommendationwhichittookextremelyill.Itwaslikewisetobenotedofthismajesticspirit,thatwhereasitalwaysappearedwithanairofhavingbeenoutalongtimeandwalkedanimmensedistance,itperceptiblycamefromacloselycontiguouswall.Thisoccasioneditsterrorstobereceivedderisively.

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