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CHAPTER LXIX — The Company Discourse, And Braid-Beard Rehearses A Legend
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Finding in Valapee no trace of her whom we sought, and but little pleased with the cringing1 demeanor2 of the people, and the wayward follies3 of Peepi their lord, we early withdrew from the isle4.
As we glided5 away, King Media issued a sociable6 decree. He declared it his royal pleasure, that throughout the voyage, all stiffness and state etiquette7 should be suspended: nothing must occur to mar8 the freedom of the party. To further this charming plan, he doffed9 his symbols of royalty10, put off his crown, laid aside his scepter, and assured us that he would not wear them again, except when we landed; and not invariably, then.
"Are we not all now friends and companions?" he said. "So companions and friends let us be. I unbend my bow; do ye likewise."
"If dignity be free and natural, be as dignified as you please; but away with rigidities."
"Away they go," said Babbalanja; "and, my lord, now that you mind me of it, I have often thought, that it is all folly12 and vanity for any man to attempt a dignified carriage. Why, my lord,"—frankly crossing his legs where he lay—"the king, who receives his ambassadors with a
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royalty
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lagoon
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iceberg
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