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                         They�察�discreetly��

               Ask for further evidences��

                         Thus invited��

                         He�察�delighted��

               Gives the usual references��

               This is business。 Each is fluttered

               When the offer's fairly uttered。

               ;Which of them has his affection�拭�

               He declines to make selection。

                         Do they quarrel for his dross��

                         Not a bit of itthey toss��

               Please observe this cogent moral

               English ladies never quarrel。

                         When a doubt they come across��

                         English ladies always toss。



                    RECITATIVE  Lady Sophy



               The lecture's ended。 In ten minute's space

               'Twill be repeated in the market´place��



                     ��Exit Lady Sophy�察�followed by Nekaya and

Kalyba。��



Chorus�此       �Quaff the nectarcull the roses

                    Bashful girls will soon be plenty��

               Maid who thus at fifteen poses

                    Ought to be divine at twenty��



                                                ��Exeunt all but

KING。��



King�此    �I requested Scaphio and Phantis to be so good as to favor

me

          with an audience this morning。  ��Enter SCAPHIO and

PHANTIS。�� 

          Oh�察�here they are��



Scaphio�此 �Your Majesty wished to speak with us�察�I believe。 

Youyou

          needn't keep your crown on�察�on our account�察�you know。



King�此    �I beg your pardon。  ��Removes it。��  I always forget that� �

          Odd�察�the notion of a King not being allowed to wear one

of

          his own crowns in the presence of two of his own

subjects。



Phantis�此 �Yesbizarre�察�is it not��



King�此    �Most quaint。  But then it's a quaint world。



Phantis�此 �Teems with quiet fun。  I often think what a lucky thing

it

          is that you are blessed with such a keen sense of humor��



King�此    �Do you know�察�I find it invaluable。  Do what I will�察�I

cannot

          help looking at the humorous side of thingsfor��

properly

          considered�察�everything has its humorous sideeven the

          Palace Peeper ��producing it��。  See here;Another Royal

          Scandal�察─�by Junius Junior。  ;How long is this to last�拭�

by

          Senex Senior。  ;Ribald Royalty�察─�by Mercury Major。 

;Where

          is the Public Exploder�拭─�by Mephistopheles Minor。  When

I

          reflect that all these outrageous attacks on my morality

are

          written by me�察�at your commandwell�察�it's one of the

funni´

          est things that have come within the scope of my

experience。



Scaphio�此 �Besides�察�apart from that�察�they have a quiet humor of

their

          own which is simply irresistible。



King�此    。�gratified��  Not bad�察�I think。  Biting�察�trenchant

          sarcasmthe rapier�察�not the bludgeonthat's my line。 

But

          then it's so easyI'm such a good subjecta bad King

but a

          good Subjectha� �ha��a capital heading for next week's

          leading article�  。�makes a note��  And then the stinging

          little paragraphs about our Royal goings´on with our

Royal

          Second Housemaiddelicately sub´acid�察�are they not��



Scaphio�此 �My dear King�察�in that kind of thing no one can hold a

candle

          to you。



Phantis�此 �But the crowning joke is the Comic Opera you've written

for

          us;King Tuppence�察�or A Good Deal Less than Half a

Sover´

          eign;in which the celebrated English tenor�察�Mr。

Wilkinson��

          burlesques your personal appearance and gives grotesque

          imitations of your Royal peculiarities。  It's immense��



King�此    �YeesThat's what I wanted to speak to you about。  Now

          I've not the least doubt but that even that has its

humorous

          side tooif one could only see it。  As a rule I'm pretty

          quick at detecting latent humorbut I confess I do not

          quite see where it comes in�察�in this particular instance。 

          It's so horribly personal��



Scaphio�此 �Personal�拭 �Yes�察�of course it's personalbut consider the

          antithetical humor of the situation。



King�此    �Yes。  II don't think I've quite grasped that。



Scaphio�此 �No�拭 �You surprise me。  Why�察�consider。  During the day

thou´

          sands tremble at your frown�察�during the night ��from 8 to

11��

          thousands roar at it。  During the day your most arbitrary

          pronouncements are received by your subjects with abject

          submissionduring the night�察�they shout with joy at your

          most terrible decrees。  It's not every monarch who enjoys

          the privilege of undoing by night all the despotic

absurdi´

          ties he's committed during the day。



King�此    �Of course�  �Now I see it�  �Thank you very much。  I was

sure

          it had its humorous side�察�and it was very dull of me not

to

          have seen it before。  But�察�as I said just now�察�it's a

quaint

          world。



Phantis�此 �Teems with quiet fun。



King�此    �Yes。  Properly considered�察�what a farce life is�察�to be

sure��



                             SONG  King。



          First you're bornand I'll be bound you

          Find a dozen strangers round you。

          ;Hallo�察─�cries the new´born baby��

          ;Where's my parents�拭�which may they be�拭�

               Awkward silenceno reply

               Puzzled baby wonders why��

          Father rises�察�bows politely

          Mother smiles ��but not too brightly��

          Doctor mumbles like a dumb thing

          Nurse is busy mixing something。

               Every symptom tends to show

               You're decidedly de trop



All�此               �Ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho��

                         Time's teetotum��

                              If you spin it��

                         Gives it quotum

                              Once a minute。

                         I'll go bail

                         You hit the nail��

                         And if you fail��

                              The deuce is in it��



King�此    �You grow up and you discover

          What it is to be a lover。

          Some young lady is selected

          Poor�察�perhaps�察�but well´connected。

               Whom you hail ��for Love is blind��

               As the Queen of fairy kind。

          Though she's plainperhaps unsightly��

          Makes her face uplaces tightly��

          In her form your fancy traces

          All the gifts of all the graces。

               Rivals none the maiden woo��

               So you take her and she takes you。



All�此     �Ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho��

               Joke beginning��

                    Never ceases

               Till your inning

                    Time releases��

               On your way

               You blindly stray��

               And day by day 

                    The joke increases��



King�此    �Ten years laterTime progresses

          Sours your temperthins your tresses��

          Fancy�察�then�察�her chain relaxes��

          Rates are facts and so are taxes。

               Fairy Queen's no longer young

               Fairy Queen has got a tongue。

          Twins have probably intruded

          Quite unbiddenjust as you did

          They're a source of care and trouble

          Just as you wereonly double。

               Comes at last the final stroke

               Time has had its little joke��



All�此     �Ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho��

               Daily driven

                    ��Wife as drover��

               Ill you've thriven

                    Ne'er in clover��

               Lastly�察�when

               Three´score and ten

               ��And not till then����

                    The joke is over��

          Ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho� �ho��

               Thenand then

                    The joke is over��



                                         ��Exeunt Scaphio and

Phantis。��



King�此    。�putting on his crown again��  It's all very well。  I

always

          like to look on the humorous side of things�察�but I do not

          think I ought to be required to write libels on my own

moral

          character。  Naturally�察�I see the joke of itanybody

          wouldbut Zara's coming home today�察�she's no longer a

          child�察�and I confess I should not like her to see my

          Operathough it's uncommonly well written�察�and I should

be

          sorry if the Palace Peeper got into her handsthough

it's

          certainly smartvery smart indeed。  It is almost a pity

          that I have to buy up the whole edition�察�because it's

really

          too good to be lost。  And Lady Sophythat blameless type

of

          perfect womanhood�  �Great Heavens�察�what would she say if

the

          Second Housemaid business happened to meet her pure blue

          eye� 。�Enter Lady Sophy��



Lady S。�此 �My monarch is soliloquizing。  I will withdraw。  ��going��



King�此    �Nopray don't go。  Now I'll give you fifty chances�察�and

you

          won't guess whom I was thinking of。



Lady S。�此 �Alas�察�sir�察�I know too well。  Ah� �King�察�it's an old�察�old

          story�察�and I'm wellnigh weary of it�  �Be warned in

          timefrom my heart I pity you�察�but I am not for you� �

          ��going��



King�此    �But hear what I have to say。



Lady S。�此 �It is useless。  Listen。  In the course of a long and

adven´

          turous career in the principal European Courts�察�it has

been

          revealed to me that I unconsciously exercise a weird and

          supernatural fascination over all Crowned Heads。  So

irre´

          sistible is this singular property�察�that there is not a

          European Monarch who has no

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