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Frederick, the elder son, in due time came to the throne and, dying, passed the title to his only child, Henry; who, in turn, was succeeded by his only child, Frederick, the present monarch. Adela, the daughter, married Casimir, King of Titia, and of her descendants more anon.
As they stood round the piano, Titia and Atty one at each side, and Oliver creeping in to lean upon his step-mothers knee, there was a sweet grave look on all their faces, which made even the two eldest not unpretty children; for their hearts were in their faces their once frightened, frozen, or bad and bitter hearts. They had no need to hide any thing, or be afraid of any thing. They were loved.
For another half hour, at her entreaty, the children staid, though Letitia and Arthur never relaxed from their dignified decorum farther than to inform her that they were sometimes called "Titia" and "Atty;" that their nurse was named Phillis; and that she had remained in the carriage because "she said she would not come in."
Failing every other kind of guardian, at Rome one used to be appointed under the lex Atilia by the praetor of the city and the majority of the tribunes of the people; in the provinces one was appointed under the lex Iulia et Titia by the president of the province.
Now, however, it hung from the little girl's hand, the poor frightened creature, who, the minute she saw her step-mother, tried to run away up stairs. "Titia, come back! Tell me where you have been, without Phillis or any body, and when I desired you not to go out again." "It was only to to fetch a crocus for Atty." "Where is the crocus?" "I dropped it." "And this key.
"Yes, I shall have to find a new one." "Then it's only exit the Captain to enter a stranger," I said. "Not necessarily a stranger," she returned. "To be sure," I agreed; "there is His Royal Highness, the Duke of Lotzen." "Or Casimir of Titia," she added, drawing down her mouth. "Or even my new-found cousin Armand." "He died with the Captain," I laughed. "No, the Captain died with him."
She had heart enough to at least attempt the management of any affairs coming under her notice which did not seem to her to be running just as they should. She bustled over and loomed above Arethusa and her Friendly Man. "Know this man, dearie?" she demanded peremptorily. "Why ... no ... I...." Arethusa almost added, "Aunt 'Titia."
Yes, it certainly was Titia herself, stealing through two sides of the quad-rectangle and under the archway that led to Walnut-tree Court. Without saying a word to the aunts for she would not have accused any body, a child, or even a servant, upon anything short of absolute proof Christian went up to her from the window of which she could see into Walnut-tree Court.
"Why, what on earth has Miss Eliza to do with it?" "You see," seriously, "she has always said just what I should wear, and she tells Aunt 'Titia just how to make them." "I understand, dear, but you're in Lewisburg now; and ... I can't see possibly how Miss Eliza could have a single objection to make." But Arethusa knew only too well.
Titia lost her prim conceit, Atty his selfish roughness, and Oliver became a perfect little angel of a child for at least one hour a day the hour they spent with their father. It was a pretty picture. Christian, sitting apart, with the gulf of shining mahogany between, bridged it often with her wistful eyes, but she never said a word.
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