. Tales of fantasy . beg your pardon, sir, but by this warrant I amto take you prisoner, and hand you over to — to theexecutioner. Pooh, pooh, my good man ! — Stop, I say — ho ! —hulloa ! was all that this luckless prince was enabledto say, for Hedzoffs Guards seizing him, tied a hand-kerchief over his mouth and face, and carried him tothe place of execution. The King, who happened to be talking to Glumboso,saw him pass, and took a pinch of snuff, and said : Somuch for Giglio. Now lets go to breakfast. The Captain of the Guard handed over his prisonerto the Sheriff, with the fatal order: AT SI
. Tales of fantasy . beg your pardon, sir, but by this warrant I amto take you prisoner, and hand you over to — to theexecutioner. Pooh, pooh, my good man ! — Stop, I say — ho ! —hulloa ! was all that this luckless prince was enabledto say, for Hedzoffs Guards seizing him, tied a hand-kerchief over his mouth and face, and carried him tothe place of execution. The King, who happened to be talking to Glumboso,saw him pass, and took a pinch of snuff, and said : Somuch for Giglio. Now lets go to breakfast. The Captain of the Guard handed over his prisonerto the Sheriff, with the fatal order: AT SIGHT CUT OFF THE BEARERS HEAD. VALOROSO XXIV. Its a mistake, said Bulbo, who did not seem tounderstand the business in the least. Poo--poo — pooh, says the Sheriff. Fetch JackKetch instantly. Jack Ketch ! 284 Tales of Fantasy And poor Bnlbo was led to the scaffold, where anexecutioner with a block and a tremendous axe wasalways ready in case he should be wanted. But we must now revert to Giglio and The Rose and the Ring 285
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