"But she hasn't got any yet," I answered.
"That's a fact," said Corny. "We must get her a few, to start with."
"Hire 'em, do you mean?" asked Rectus.
"No; call upon them in the name of their country and their queen," she replied.
"I think it would be better, at first," said I, "to call upon them in the name of about twopence a head. Then, when we get a nice little body of adherents to begin with, the other subjects will fall in, of their own accord, if we manage the thing right."
"There's where the emissary will come in," said Rectus. "She can collect adherents."
"We must engage her this very day," said Corny. "And now, what about the flag? We haven't settled that yet."
"I think," said I, "that we'd better invent a flag. When we get back to the hotel, we can each draw some designs, and the one we choose can easily be made up. We can buy the stuff anywhere."
"I'll sew it," said Corny.
"Do you think," said Rectus, who had been reflecting, "that the authorities of this place will object to our setting up a queen?"