The rose and the ring; or, The history of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo; a fireside pantomime for great and small children . swith the grooms ; how he owed ever so much money at the pastry-cooks and the haberdashers ; how he used to go to sleep at church ;how he was fond of playing cards with the pages. So did the queenlike playing cards ; so did the king go to sleep at church, and eatand drink too much ; and, if Giglio owed a trifle for tarts, who owedhim two hundred and seventeen thousand million, nine hundred andeighty-seven thousand, four hundred and thirty-nine pounds, thirteenshillings,
The rose and the ring; or, The history of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo; a fireside pantomime for great and small children . swith the grooms ; how he owed ever so much money at the pastry-cooks and the haberdashers ; how he used to go to sleep at church ;how he was fond of playing cards with the pages. So did the queenlike playing cards ; so did the king go to sleep at church, and eatand drink too much ; and, if Giglio owed a trifle for tarts, who owedhim two hundred and seventeen thousand million, nine hundred andeighty-seven thousand, four hundred and thirty-nine pounds, thirteenshillings, and sixpence halfpenny, I should like to know ? Detract-ors and tale-bearers (in my humble opinion) had much better look athome. All this backbiting and slandering had effect upon PrincessAngelica, who began to look coldly on her cousin, then to laugh athim and scorn him for being so stupid, then to sneer at him for havingvulgar associates ; and at court balls, dinners, and so forth, to treat smalls the good op doctor s pill, 37 him so unkindly that poor Giglio became quite ill, took to his bod, andsent for the His majesty Kinof Yaloroso, as we have seen, had his own reasonsfor disliking his nephew ; and as for those innocent readers who askAvhy, I beg (with the permission of their dear parents) to refer themto Shakspeares pages, where they will read why King John dislikedPrince Arthur. With the queen, his royal but weak-minded aunt,when Giglio was out of sight he was out of mind. While she had herwhist and her evening parties, she cared for little else. I dare say two villains, who shall be nameless, wished Doctor Pil-drafto, the court physician, had killed Giglio right out; but he only 38 FOLKS WITH WHOM WErE ALL ACQUAir^TEDj bled and phj^sicked him so severely, that the prince was kept to hi.^room for several months, and grew as thin as a post,
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