. Tales of fantasy . paintedafresh. The Duke seized Glumboso, the Ex-PrimeMinister, and made him refund that considerable sumof money which the old scoundrel had secreted out ofthe late Kings treasure. He also clapped Valorosointo prison (who, by the way, had been dethroned forsome considerable period past), and when the ex-mon-arch weakly remonstrated, Hedzoff said: A soldier,sir, knows but his duty; my orders are to lock you upalong with the Ex-King Padella, whom I have broughthither a prisoner under guard. So these two ex-royalpersonages were sent for a year to the House of Correc-tion, and
. Tales of fantasy . paintedafresh. The Duke seized Glumboso, the Ex-PrimeMinister, and made him refund that considerable sumof money which the old scoundrel had secreted out ofthe late Kings treasure. He also clapped Valorosointo prison (who, by the way, had been dethroned forsome considerable period past), and when the ex-mon-arch weakly remonstrated, Hedzoff said: A soldier,sir, knows but his duty; my orders are to lock you upalong with the Ex-King Padella, whom I have broughthither a prisoner under guard. So these two ex-royalpersonages were sent for a year to the House of Correc-tion, and thereafter were obliged to become monks, ofthe severest Order of Flagellants, in which state, byfasting, by vigils, by flogging (which they administered 340 Tales of Fantasy to one another, humbly but resolutely), no doubt theyexhibited a repentance for their past misdeeds, usurpa-tions, and private and public crimes. As for Glumboso, that rogue was sent to the galleys,and never had an opportunity to steal any The Rose and the Ring 341
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