I0o ' PRINCE PRIGIO.

 

with Prigio in public, and thanked him, and said
he was proud ofhim. As to Lady Rosalind, the
old gentleman quite fell in love with her, and
he sent at once to the Chaplain Royal to get
into his surplice, and marry all the young
people off at once, without waiting for wed-
ding-cakes, and milliners, and all the rest
of it. a

Now, just as they were forming a procession
to march into church, who should appear but
the queen! Her majesty had been travelling
by post all the time, and, luckily, had heard of
none of the doings since Prigio, Benson, and
the king left Gluckstein. I say luckily because
if she had heard of them, she would not have
believed a word of them. But when she saw
Alphonso and Enrico, she was much pleased,
and said:

 

“Naughty boys! Where have you been
hiding? The king had some absurd story