. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . KING TIME he had a chance to say. Instantly there was a scrambleto get near him and scores of voices were raised for hisespecial benefit. Modern hours, ancient hours, DarkAges hours, hours that had seen good things, and badthings, and great things, and little things, all clusteredabout, yelling their life stories into the little boys ear,much to the amusement of his three friends. And thehours did not respect each other either; far from it!An hour who had seen King Solomon take a walk wasjostled about and finally knocked down by a hal
. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . KING TIME he had a chance to say. Instantly there was a scrambleto get near him and scores of voices were raised for hisespecial benefit. Modern hours, ancient hours, DarkAges hours, hours that had seen good things, and badthings, and great things, and little things, all clusteredabout, yelling their life stories into the little boys ear,much to the amusement of his three friends. And thehours did not respect each other either; far from it!An hour who had seen King Solomon take a walk wasjostled about and finally knocked down by a halfdozen of modern and mediaeval hours who had norespect for age. It made no difference what famousthing an hour might have seen, they treated each otherall alike, for every one seemed the equal of every oneelse, except those who had nothing to tell, and most ofthose were with the old Duke Procrastinate, who, thelittle boy learned, was encamped outside the city, wait-ing for a good opportunity to descend on the imperialpalace. While they were thus clusterin
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