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reetly-- Chorus: In short this happy country has been Anglicized com- pletely! It really is surprising, etc. King: Our peerage we've remodelled on an intellectual basis, Which certainly is rough on our hereditary races-- Chorus: We are going to remodel it in England. King: The Brewers and the Cotton Lords no longer seek admission, And literary merit meets with proper recognition-- Chorus: As literary merit does in England! King: Who knows but we may count among our intellectual chickens Like you, an Earl of Thackery and p'r'aps a Duke of Dickens-- Lord Fildes and Viscount Millais (when they come) we'll welcome sweetly-- Chorus: In short, this happy country has been Anglicized completely! It really is surprising, etc. (At the end all rise and replace their chairs.) King: Now, then for our first Drawing-Room. Where are the Prin- cesses? What an extraordinary thing it is that since Euro- pean looking-glasses have been supplied to the Royal bed- rooms my daughters are invariably late! Lord D.: Sir, their Royal Highnesses await your pleasure in the Ante-room. King: Oh. Then request them to do us the favor to enter at once. (Enter all the Royal Household, including (besides the Lord Chamber- lain) the Vice-Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Master of the Buckhounds, the Lord High Treasurer, the Lord Steward, the Comptroller of the Household, the Lord-in-Waiting, the Field Officer in Brigade Waiting, the Gold and Silver Stick, and the Gentlemen Ushers. Then enter the three Princesses (their trains carried by Pages of Honor), Lady Sophy, and the Ladies-in-Waiting.) King: My daughters, we are about to attempt a very solemn ceremo- nial, so no giggling, if you please. Now, my Lord Chamber- lain, we are ready. Lord D.: Then, ladies and gentlemen, places, if you please. His Maj- esty will take his place in front of the throne, and will be so obliging as to embrace all the debutantes. (LADY SOPHY much shocked.) King: What--must I really? Lord D.: Absolutely
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