. Lucy and Their Majesties, a comedy in wax . o 57 58 LUCY AND THEIR MAJESTIES jovial. The joke seemed to tickle him im-mensely. T is agreed, he said. We will notmake a match of it. Gadzooks! A winsomelittle wench!3 He chucked Lucy under thechin, and stroked his yellow beard compla-cently, his face beaming with good nature. Offer his Majesty a chocolate cream,Lucy/3 said Mme. Tussaud. Chocolate creams! he cried eagerly. Num, num! Thou art a very fairy. Nay,sweet demoiselle, one will not suffice. We willtake the whole bag. No more than three, Harry, said , who saw that Lucy was waver


. Lucy and Their Majesties, a comedy in wax . o 57 58 LUCY AND THEIR MAJESTIES jovial. The joke seemed to tickle him im-mensely. T is agreed, he said. We will notmake a match of it. Gadzooks! A winsomelittle wench!3 He chucked Lucy under thechin, and stroked his yellow beard compla-cently, his face beaming with good nature. Offer his Majesty a chocolate cream,Lucy/3 said Mme. Tussaud. Chocolate creams! he cried eagerly. Num, num! Thou art a very fairy. Nay,sweet demoiselle, one will not suffice. We willtake the whole bag. No more than three, Harry, said , who saw that Lucy was wavering. It is as many as we can She counted them out in his mailed hand,and he, turning, saw Mary Queen of Scots. Beshrew me! he exclaimed. Whomhave we here? T is long since we beheld aface so fair. T is my cousin Elizabeths father, saidMary, under her breath. I have seen hisportrait, painted by that famous master, HansHolbein the younger. It is--it is the greatHenry himself! He approaches--he comesnearer! Be still, my fluttering heart!. A winsome little wench! He chuckedLucy under the chin.


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