CHAPTER VII

HUMPLESS

  

HE effect was extraordinary. In
another moment the King, with
his crown off, was standing upon
his head between his ivory chair
and the Prince, roaring and kicking violently,
and evidently under the influence of some
strong emotions which he was utterly unable
to control. Presently, with a deep sigh, he
rolled over and lay as one dead.

As soon as she saw this strange behaviour
on the part of her parent, the lovely Ama-
rylla gave a faint shriek, and rushing to a
table upon which stood various bottles of
perfume, seized one of these with the evident
intention of reviving her father by means of