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the exact order of succession himself he
did not notice a few little errors, such as
placing William the Third before Stephen,
and Richard the Second immediately after
Charles the First.

“ William the First ; . 1066-1087
William the Second. . 1087-1100
William the Third : .  IIOO-I135
Stephen. : : . 1135-1154
William the Fourt : . 1154-1189
Richard the First : . 1189-1199
John : ; . .  I1gg-1216,”

said Tommy, and so on to Victoria. Victoria
had only one date, which was a little puzzling,
and threw things out a bit.

‘““Ye—es, that’s pretty fair—pretty fair,”
said Tommy’s father. ‘I will see about it.
Perhaps we had better not mention it to
mamma: it might make her anxious. If
you promise to return quickly, she will
think you are only kept in at school to write
a hundred lines--she knows you don’t write
very fast.”