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THE ROSE AND THE RING.
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And, in a word, they had some bread and cheese and ale up stairs on the balcony of the inn. As they were drinking, drums and trumpets sounded nearer and nearer, the market-place was filled with soldiers, and his Royal Highness looking forth recognized the Paflagonian banners, and the Paflagonian national air which the bands were playing.
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The troops all made for the tavern at once, and as they came up, Giglio exclaimed on beholding their leader, “Whom do I see? Yes!—no! It is, it is!—Phoo!—No, it can’t be! Yes! it is my friend, my gallant, faithful veteran, Captain Hedzoff! Ho, Hedzoff! Knowest thou not thy
