To be taken captive with her people--may be she was trying to save them--and then to have them almost cut her acquaintance after they all get rescued and settled down!" "Perhaps," said I, "as they are all living under Queen Victoria, they don't want any other queen." "That's nothing," said Corny, quickly.

"There's a governor of this whole island, and what do they want with another governor?
If Queen Victoria and the governor of this island were Africans, of course they wouldn't want anybody else.

But as it is, they do, don't you see ?" "They don't appear to want another queen," I said, "for they wont take one that is right under their noses." Corny looked provoked, and Rectus asked me how I knew that.
"I tell you," said Corny, "it don't make any difference whether they want her or not, they haven't any right to make a born queen sit on a stone and sell red-peppers.

Do you know what Rectus and I have made up our minds to do ?" "What is it ?" I asked.
Corny looked around to see that no one was standing or walking near the tree, and then she leaned toward me and said: "We are going to seat her on her throne!" "You ?" I exclaimed, and began to laugh.
"Yes, we are," said Rectus; "at least, we're going to try to." "You needn't laugh," said Corny.

"You're to join." "In an insurrection,--a conspiracy," said I."I can't go into that business." "You must!" cried Corny and Rectus, almost in a breath.
"You've made a promise," said Corny.
"And are bound to stick to it," said Rectus, looking at Corny.
Then, both together, as if they had settled it all beforehand, they held up their gray sea-beans, and said, in vigorous tones: "Obey the bean!" I didn't hesitate a moment.