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It is not exactly the way such things are done at Court, but Peter Piper thought it would do and at any rate it was great fun. So he made them all kneel down in a row and he touched each on the shoulder with the poker and said: "Rise up, Lady Meg and Lady Peg and Lady Kilmanskeg and Lady Ridiklis of Racketty-Packetty House-and also the Right Honorable Lord Gustibus Rags!"
The windows, and the doors too, are bordered with broad white lines; there are other white lines between the different stories of the houses; the spaces between the house-and shop-doors are filled in with white woodwork; so all along the street white and dark red are the only colors to be seen.
If the police are honest, they break up a disorderly house-and let the inmates carry the lure of their trade elsewhere. The magistrates fine them, or give them sentences just long enough to bring them needed rest and nutrition, and send them back to their business. Or they drive them out of town-to swell the numbers in the next town.
"Yes, fresh from the kennels; supposed to be house-and wagon-broken, steady to shot and wing " She shrugged her pretty shoulders. "You see how he's acting already!" "Do you mind if I try him?" suggested Siward. "You mean that you are going to let him run?" "I think so." "And if he bolts?" "I'll take my chances." "Yes, but please consider my chances, Mr. Siward. The dog doesn't belong to me."
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