. Lucy and Their Majesties, a comedy in wax . ushkin placed himself in position, andRichard I climbed uphis body, stepped uponthe wall, and jumped into the grounds. Shall we go next? asked Mary Queen ofScots. If you please, your Majesty/3 said In a moment the royal lady was standingon the top of the wall. Jump!3 cried Richard I, from within thegrounds. Would we were there to catch thee!shouted Henry VIII, as Mary disappeared. Now you, Julie, said Mme. Tussaud toMme. Sainte Amaranthe. Kissing her fingers to the company, theyoung beauty climbed vivaciously up toLoushkins shoulders a
. Lucy and Their Majesties, a comedy in wax . ushkin placed himself in position, andRichard I climbed uphis body, stepped uponthe wall, and jumped into the grounds. Shall we go next? asked Mary Queen ofScots. If you please, your Majesty/3 said In a moment the royal lady was standingon the top of the wall. Jump!3 cried Richard I, from within thegrounds. Would we were there to catch thee!shouted Henry VIII, as Mary disappeared. Now you, Julie, said Mme. Tussaud toMme. Sainte Amaranthe. Kissing her fingers to the company, theyoung beauty climbed vivaciously up toLoushkins shoulders and sprang over thewall like a bird. OVER THE GARDEN WALL 97 The gentlemen will gonext/ said Mme. Tussaud, and will settle the orderof precedence among them-selves. Cromwell steppedforward, but waspushed aside byRichard III,who, with thescornful remark,First the lords,then the com-mons, was soonover the gar-den wall, de-spite his infirm-ity. Charles IIyielded prece-dence to HenryVIII, who, be-ing fat andscant of breath,begged his Give me a leg up, Charles Give me a leg up, Charles, he said, andbe tender with me an thou lovest me. 98 LUCY AND THEIR MAJESTIES • Yes, Charles, said Mme. Tussaud, getdown on thy knees and serve as a step forHenry—i faith, he is too heavily accoutredto climb up there alone! Dear me, how natu-ral it is to drop into the quaint speech of thesedear old celebrities! It was with difficulty that he reachedLoushkins shoulders, but he laughed good-humoredly all the time, and laughed the morewhen, in taking the jump, he alighted atopof Richard III and sent him sprawling. A murrain on thee! growled Richard,rubbing his shins. f Canst not see where thouart leaping? Murrain in thy throat, thou misshapenknave! roared Henry. Keep a civil tonguein thy head, thou saucy king, and take a jestin good part when it is served on thee! Knowing he was not a favorite and wouldbe outmatched if it came to blows, Richarddeemed it prudent not to pursue the quarrel.
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