The exclusion of all other considerations; he never thought of the offended

Laws, or of the grief or loss which these three criminals had inflicted upon

Their victims, he could think of nothing but the scaffold and the grisly fate

Hanging over the heads of the condemned. His concern made him even forget,

For the moment, that he was but the false shadow of a king, not the substance;

and before he knew it he had blurted out the command:

'Bring them here!'

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Then he blushed scarlet, and a sort of apology sprung to his lips; but

Observing that his order had wrought no sort of surprise in the earl or the

Waiting page, he suppressed the words he was about to utter. The page, in the

Most matter-of-course way, made a profound obeisance and retired backward

Out of the room to deliver the command. Tom experienced a glow of pride and

A renewed sense of the compensating advantages of the kingly office. He said

to himself, 'Truly it is like what I used to feel when I read the old priest's tales,

And did imagine mine own self a prince, giving law and command to all,

saying, " Do this, do that," while none durst offer let or hindrance to my will.'

Now the doors swung open; one high-sounding title after another was

Announced, the personages owning them followed, and the place was quickly