“And does Leaphigh succeed in effecting this prodigy?”
“Wonderfully well. By means of decapitations and decaudizations enough, even greater exploits may be performed.”
“But am I to understand literally, brother Downright, there is no such thing as a monarch in this country?”
“Literally.”
“And the presentations?”
“Are like these trials, to maintain the monarchy.”
“And the crimson curtains?—”
“Conceal empty seats.”
“Why not, then, dispense with so much costly representation?”
“In what way could the grandees cry out that the throne is in danger, if there were no throne? It is one thing to have no monarch, and another to have no throne. But all this time our client is in great jeopardy. Hasten, therefore, and be particular to act as I have just instructed you.”