ruler-elect

Updated: May 28, 2025

Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate. The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.

Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers - The Fighting Chance