Chapter Two
tered Pompus, turning as red as a turkey cock.
"Perhaps it has something to do with the scroll," suggested Queen Pozy, taking it from the King. "See! It is gold and all the door knobs in the palace are ivory. And look! Here are some initials!"
Sure enough! It was gold and in the very centre were the initials P. A.
Just at this interesting juncture the page, who had been poking his head in the door every few minutes, gathered his courage together and rushed up to the King.
"Pardon, Most High Highness, but General Quakes bade me say that this mirror was found under the window," stuttered the page, and before Pompus had an opportunity to cry "Begone!" or "Dip him!" the little fellow made a dash for the door and disappeared.
"It grows more puzzling every minute," wailed the King, looking from the door knob to the mirror and from the mirror to the scroll.
"If you take my advice you'll have this marriage performed at once," said the Prime Pumper in a trembling voice.
"I believe I will!" sighed Pompus, rubbing the bump on his head. "Go and fetch the Princess Faleero and you, Pompa, prepare for your wedding."
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