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Is she young?"
Very young."
As beautiful as the queen?"
The ambassador lowered his voice, and replied,--
"More beautiful."
"
That is insolent," murmured Barkilphedro.
The queen was silent; then she exclaimed,--
"
Those bastards!"
Barkilphedro noticed the plural.
Another time, when the queen was leaving the chapel, Barkilphedro kept
pretty close to her Majesty, behind the two grooms of the almonry. Lord
David Dirry-Moir, crossing the ranks of women, made a sensation by his
handsome appearance. As he passed there was an explosion of feminine
exclamations.
"
How elegant! How gallant! What a noble air! How handsome!"
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