14/16 You've been made King!" With his head still upside down between his legs, Mr.Quin answered modestly-- "I am not worthy. I cannot reasonably claim to equal the great men who have previously swayed the sceptre of Britain. Perhaps the only peculiarity that I can claim is that I am probably the first monarch that ever spoke out his soul to the people of England with his head and body in this position. This may in some sense give me, to quote a poem that I wrote in my youth-- A nobler office on the earth Than valour, power of brain, or birth Could give the warrior kings of old. |