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This painting perished with the palace in the fire of 1698. Charles II., however, had a small copy of it made by Leemput. The figures are life-size, but Walpole has already noticed how the massive proportions and solidly-planted pose of the King heighten the illusion of a Colossus.
"Yes!" said Aaron. "And he's TAKEN it !" cried Francis in indignation. "And knows it, too," said Aaron. "But !" and Francis looked round imperiously, as if to summon his bodyguard. But bodyguards are no longer forthcoming, and train-guards are far from satisfactory. The fat man sat on, with a sneer-grin, very faint but very effective, round his nose, and a solidly-planted posterior.
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