. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . et of teeth,will you try very hard not to bite me? Oh, yes—indeed, yes! I am so sick of soups and jellies:I am longing for the crunch of a good beefsteak. And oh!my royal cousin, what a feast I shall be able to eat if onlyyou give me a brand-new set of teeth! And I shall be soproud of them Fll do nothing more than sit in a corner andgrin the whole day long! So, when the little princess had joined her prayer for for-giveness to those of Peterkin and the rest of the courtiers,the King could do naught but order his royal dentist toappear upon the scene. And th
. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . et of teeth,will you try very hard not to bite me? Oh, yes—indeed, yes! I am so sick of soups and jellies:I am longing for the crunch of a good beefsteak. And oh!my royal cousin, what a feast I shall be able to eat if onlyyou give me a brand-new set of teeth! And I shall be soproud of them Fll do nothing more than sit in a corner andgrin the whole day long! So, when the little princess had joined her prayer for for-giveness to those of Peterkin and the rest of the courtiers,the King could do naught but order his royal dentist toappear upon the scene. And the dentist took very goodpains to make an exact measure of the mouth of the oldfellow, who went on mumbling in a most delighted way: Hee, hee! New teeth! A brand-new set of teeth! Well,now I am satisfied! No more villainy for me! the crunch THE VILLAIN SATISFIED 147 of a good beefsteak. And I shall be the happiest, most sat-isfied nobleman in the land! Which set the whole court to cheering and clapping theirhands louder than ever I. XXXIII THE GLORIOUS ENDING , now, said the King, you shall have your true reward. And to make it the more impressive, he nudged our Peterkin in the ribs with the end of his golden scepter and winked his royal eye at the Princess Clem, who stood nearby in blushing joy. Straightway the courtiersgathered about their newhero, lifted him high upon their shoulders and bore himaway, out of the throne room, out of the pillared halls, intothe center of that very same market square which flankedthe sunny palace. And there they cheered him, long andloud: All hail to Peterkin, Prince of the Realm! All hail to 148
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