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　XI. WHAT GRUFFANUFF DID TO GIGLIO AND BETSINDA 　　Gruffanuff, who had seen what had happened with the King, and knew that Giglio must come to grief, got up very early the next morning, and went to devise some plans for rescuing her darling husband, as the silly old thing insisted on calling him. She found him walking up and down the garden, thinking of a rhyme for Betsinda (TINDER and WINDA were all he could find), and indeed having forgotten all about the past evening, except that Betsinda was the most lovely of beings.

　　"Well, dear Giglio," says Gruff.

　　"Well, dear Gruffy," says Giglio, only HE was quite satirical.

　　"I have been thinking, darling, what you must do in this scrape. You must fly the country for a while."

　　"What scrape?——fly the country? Never without her I love, Countess," says Giglio.

　　"No, she will accompany you, dear Prince," she says, in her most coaxing accents. "First, we must get the jewels belonging to our royal parents. and those of her and his present Majesty. Here is the key, duck; they are all yours, you know, by right, for you are the rightful King of Paflagonia, and your wife will be the rightful Queen."

　　"Will she?" says Giglio.

　　"Yes; and having got the jewels, go to Glumboso's apartment, where, under his bed, you will find sacks containing money to the amount of L2I7,000,000,987,439, 13S. 6 1/2d., all belonging to you, for he took it out of your royal father's room on the day of his death. With this we will fly."

　　"WE will fly?" says Giglio.

　　"Yes, you and your bride——your affianced love——your Gruffy!" says the Countess, with a languishing leer.

　　"YOU my bride!" says Giglio. "You, you hideous old woman!"

　　"Oh, you——you wretch! didn't you give me this paper promising marriage?" cries Gruff.

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