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And, had you told her further that within that year all trace of that so called square, and of the day when her father was elected by a thumping majority to share in the guidance of the destinies of the empire, should utterly fade from her memory, she would merely have said in that affected voice of hers, "Go to!" AND HAD YOU TOLD HER FURTHER THAT WITHIN THAT YEAR ALL TRACE OF THAT SO CALLED SQUARE AND OF THE DAY WHEN HER FATHER WAS ELECTED BY A THUMPING MAJORITY TO SHARE IN THE GUIDANCE OF THE DESTINIES OF THE EMPIRE SHOULD UTTERLY FADE FROM HER MEMORY SHE WOULD MERELY HAVE SAID IN THAT AFFECTED VOICE OF HERS GO TO
ddenly rise in the safest track of ships, and upon which vessels were supposed to have been wrecked, leaving, strangely enough, no evidence of their doom. There was a little speculation about it at first, till it was silenced by the chance remark of a man old with wandering: "It is one of the mysteries that haunt the sea." And almost Captain Shard and the Queen of the South lived happily ever after, though still at evening those on watch in the trees would see their captain sit with a puzzled air or hear him muttering now and again in a discontented way: "I wish I knew more about the ways of Queens." MISS CUBBIDGE AND THE DRAGON OF ROMANCE This tale is told in the balconies of Belgrave Square and among the towers of Pont Street; men sing it at evening in the Brompton Road. Little upon her eighteenth birthday thought Miss Cubbidge, of Number 12A Prince of Wales' Square, that before another year had gone its way she would lose the sight of that unshapely oblong that was so long her home.  THE BOOK OF WONDER BY LORD DUNZANY THIS IS LIEBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVERPOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERPOX DOT ORG MISS CUBBAGE AND THE DRAGON OF ROMANCE THIS TALE IS TOLD IN THE BALCONIES OF BELGRAVE SQUARE AND AMONG THE TOWERS OF POND STREET MEN SING IN AN EVENING IN THE BROMPTON ROAD LITTLE UPON HER EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY THOUGHT MISS CUBBAGE OF NUMBER TWELVE A PRINCE OF WALES SQUARE THAT BEFORE ANOTHER YEAR HAD GONE ITS WAY SHE WOULD LOSE THE SIGHT OF THAT UNSHAPELY OBLONG THAT WAS SO LONG HER HOME
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