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1、THEYOUNGKING[TOMARGARETLADYBROOKE-THERANEEOFSARAWAK]Itwasthenightbeforethedayfixedforhiscoronation,andtheyoungKingwassittingaloneinhisbeautifulchamber.Hiscourtiershadalltakentheirleaveofhim,bowingtheirheadstotheground,accordingtotheceremonioususageoftheday,andh
2、adretiredtotheGreatHallofthePalace,toreceiveafewlastlessonsfromtheProfessorofEtiquette;therebeingsomeofthemwhohadstillquitenaturalmanners,whichinacourtieris,Ineedhardlysay,averygraveoffence.Thelad-forhewasonlyalad,beingbutsixteenyearsofage-wasnotsorryattheirdep
3、arture,andhadflunghimselfbackwithadeepsighofreliefonthesoftcushionsofhisembroideredcouch,lyingthere,wild-eyedandopen-mouthed,likeabrownwoodlandFaun,orsomeyounganimaloftheforestnewlysnaredbythehunters.And,indeed,itwasthehunterswhohadfoundhim,cominguponhimalmostb
4、ychanceas,bare-limbedandpipeinhand,hewasfollowingtheflockofthepoorgoatherdwhohadbroughthimup,andwhosesonhehadalwaysfanciedhimselftobe.ThechildoftheoldKing'sonlydaughterbyasecretmarriagewithonemuchbeneathherinstation-astranger,somesaid,who,bythewonderfulmagicofh
5、islute-playing,hadmadetheyoungPrincesslovehim;whileothersspokeofanartistfromRimini,towhomthePrincesshadshownmuch,perhapstoomuchhonour,andwhohadsuddenlydisappearedfromthecity,leavinghisworkintheCathedralunfinished-hehadbeen,whenbutaweekold,stolenawayfromhismothe
6、r'sside,assheslept,andgivenintothechargeofacommonpeasantandhiswife,whowerewithoutchildrenoftheirown,andlivedinaremotepartoftheforest,morethanaday'sridefromthetown.Grief,ortheplague,asthecourtphysicianstated,or,assomesuggested,aswiftItalianpoisonadministeredinac
7、upofspicedwine,slew,withinanhourofherwakening,thewhitegirlwhohadgivenhimbirth,andasthetrustymessengerwhobarethechildacrosshissaddle-bowstoopedfromhiswearyhorseandknockedattherudedoorofthegoatherd'shut,thebodyofthePrincesswasbeingloweredintoanopengravethathadbee
8、nduginadesertedchurchyard,beyondthecitygates,agravewhereitwassaidthatanotherbodywasalsolying,thatofayoungmanofmarvellousandforeignbeauty,whosehandsweretiedbehindhimwithaknot
