Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:36:34 +0000
They seem to think you're a good thing and
need looking after, like jam in a cupboard.
The king smiled.
I hope you haven't killed my guards, said he.
Oh, no; they'll come around all right. It is necessary, continued Edward, that public men be protected from intrusion, no matter how democratic they may be personally.
You would probably find it as difficult to approach the President of the United States as the King of England. Oh, I'm not complaining, said Rob.
It wasn't much trouble to break through.You seem quite young to have mastered such wonderful secrets of Nature, continued the king.
So I am, replied Rob, modestly; but these natural forces have really existed since the beginning of the world, and some one was sure to discover them in time.He was quoting the Demon, although unconsciously.
You are an American, I suppose, said the minister, coming close to Rob and staring him in the face.
Guessed right the first time, answered the boy, and drawing his Character Marking spectacles from his pocket, he put them on and stared at the minister in turn
The king smiled.
I hope you haven't killed my guards, said he.
Oh, no; they'll come around all right. It is necessary, continued Edward, that public men be protected from intrusion, no matter how democratic they may be personally.
You would probably find it as difficult to approach the President of the United States as the King of England. Oh, I'm not complaining, said Rob.
It wasn't much trouble to break through.You seem quite young to have mastered such wonderful secrets of Nature, continued the king.
So I am, replied Rob, modestly; but these natural forces have really existed since the beginning of the world, and some one was sure to discover them in time.He was quoting the Demon, although unconsciously.
You are an American, I suppose, said the minister, coming close to Rob and staring him in the face.
Guessed right the first time, answered the boy, and drawing his Character Marking spectacles from his pocket, he put them on and stared at the minister in turn
