Chapter 23 THE MOVING FINGER WRITES

To the Queen came the guard full of zeal:

Haled in bonds the Pretender:

"Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"

But her proud face grew tender.

Down she stepped from her throne-made him free;

"Love," she said, with a sigh,

"What is rank? You are you, we are we, I am I!"

-The Cheating of Zenobia.

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