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What do you think, Elizabeth, would be your fate if, faint and famished, you begged for sustenance at an English door to day, and when asked your name and profession were to reply, 'Elizabeth, Queen of England'?" "Insane asylum," said Elizabeth, shortly. "Precisely. WHAT DO YOU THINK ELIZABETH WOULD BE YOUR FATE IF FAINT AND FAMISHED YOU BEGGED FOR SUSTENANCE AT AN ENGLISH DOOR TO DAY AND WHEN ASKED YOUR NAME AND PROFESSION WERE TO REPLY ELIZABETH QUEEN OF ENGLAND INSANE ASYLUM SAID ELIZABETH SHORTLY PRECISELY
e now kept closed; the galleries which used to swarm with people, many of whom ought to have been hanged, now swarm with pictures, many of which ought not to have been hung; the romance which clung about its walls is as much a part of the dead past as yourselves, and were you to materialize suddenly therein you would find yourselves jostled and hustled and trodden upon by the curious from other lands, with Argus eyes taking in five hundred pictures a minute, and traversing those halls at a rate of speed at which Mercury himself would stand aghast.” “But my beloved Tuileries?” cried Marie Antoinette. “Has been swallowed up by a play-ground for the people, my dear,” said Cassandra, gently. “Paris is no place for us, and it is the intention of these men, in whose hands we are, to take us there and then desert us. Can you imagine anything worse than ourselves, the phantoms of a glorious romantic past, basely deserted in the streets of a wholly strange, superficial, material city of to-day?  WHO DIDN'T GO TO THEIR CHURCH ARE NOW KEPT CLOSED THE GALLERIES WHICH USED TO SWARM WITH PEOPLE MANY OF WHOM OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN HANGED NOW SWARM WITH PICTURES MANY OF WHICH OUGHT NOT TO HAVE BEEN HUNG THE ROMANCE WHICH CLUNG ABOUT ITS WALLS IS AS MUCH A PART OF THE DEAD PAST AS YOURSELVES AND WERE YOU TO MATERIALIZE SUDDENLY THEREIN YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELVES JOSTLED AND HUSTLED AND TRODDEN UPON BY THE CURIOUS FROM OTHER LANDS WITH ARDUOUS EYES TAKING IN FIVE HUNDRED PICTURES A MINUTE AND TRAVERSING THOSE HALLS AT A RATE OF SPEED AT WHICH MERCURY HIMSELF WOULD STAND AGHAST BUT MY BELOVED TUILLI CRIED MARIE ANTINETTE HAS BEEN SWALLOWED UP BY A PLAYGROUND FOR THE PEOPLE MY DEAR SAID CASSANDRA GENTLY PARIS IS NO PLACE FOR US AND IT IS THE INTENTION OF THESE MEN IN WHOSE HANDS WE ARE TO TAKE US THERE AND THEN DESERT US CAN YOU IMAGINE ANYTHING WORSE THAN OURSELVES THE PHANTOMS OF A GLORIOUS ROMANTIC PAST BASELY DESERTED IN THE STREETS OF A WHOLLY STRANGE SUPERFICIAL MATERIAL CITY OF TO DAY
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