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When she came to D, and it wasn't D, she grew very excited; when she came to C, and it wasn't C, she was still more nervous; when she came to B, AND IT WASN'T B, "Oh dearest Gruffanuff," she said, "lend me your smelling-bottle!" and, hiding her head in the Countess's shoulder, she faintly whispered, "Ah, Signor, can it be A?"
'And now, says she, 'when Her Majesty rings her bell twice, I'll trouble you, miss, to attend. So when the Queen's bell rang twice, Betsinda came to Her Majesty and made a pretty little curtsey. The Queen, the Princess, and Gruffanuff were all three in the room. As soon as they saw her they began, 'You wretch! says the Queen. 'You little vulgar thing! says the Princess.
It fitted Betsinda exactly. 'It's like the ring the Princess used to wear, says the maid. 'No such thing, says Gruffanuff, 'I have had it this ever so long. Mind I shall want my cup of tea at five o'clock in the morning. 'I suppose I had best warm both the young gentlemen's beds, Ma'am, says Betsinda. Gruffanuff, for reply, said, 'Hau-au-ho! Grauhawhoo!
'Div me dat bun, said the little girl, 'me vely hungy. 'Hungry! what is that? asked Princess Angelica, and gave the child the bun. 'Oh, Princess! says Mrs. Gruffanuff, 'how good, how kind, how truly angelical you are! See, Your Majesties, she said to the King and Queen, who now came up, along with their nephew, Prince Giglio, 'how kind the Princess is!
The eyes rolled wildly; the arms and legs uncurled themselves, writhed about, and seemed to lengthen with each twist; the knocker expanded into a figure in yellow livery, six feet high; the screws by which it was fixed to the door unloosed themselves, and JENKINS GRUFFANUFF once more trod the threshold off which he had been lifted more than twenty years ago!
But what he said and did must be reserved for another chapter, as we must now back to Prince Giglio. The idea of marrying such an old creature as Gruffanuff frightened Prince Giglio so, that he ran up to his room, packed his trunks, fetched in a couple of porters, and was off to the diligence office in a twinkling.
As for Rosalba, she was borne away lifeless by her ladies; and you may imagine the look of agony which Giglio cast towards that lovely being, as his hope, his joy, his darling, his all in all, was thus removed, and in her place the horrid old Gruffanuff rushed up to his side, and once more shrieked out, "Justice, justice!"
"And then I shall be the happiest man in my dominions," cries Giglio, with an elegant bow to the blushing Rosalba. "Oh, my Giglio! Oh, my dear Majesty!" exclaims Gruffanuff; "and can it be that this happy moment at length has arrived " "Of course it has arrived," says the King. " and that I am about to become the enraptured bride of my adored Giglio!" continues Gruffanuff.
'You beast! says Gruffanuff. 'Get out of my sight! says the Queen. 'Go away with you, do! says the Princess. 'Quit the premises! says Gruffanuff. 'Alas! and woe is me! very lamentable events had occurred to Betsinda that morning, and all in consequence of that fatal warming-pan business of the previous night.
You old wretch, what will you take to let me off? Help the Queen, some one her Majesty has fainted." But Gruffanuff flung her arms round the Archbishop's neck, and bellowed out, "Justice, justice, my Lord Chancellor!" so loudly, that her piercing shrieks caused everybody to pause.
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