" The Boolooroo was
terrified to find himself in danger of being sliced by the same
knife he had so often wickedly employed to slice others. Like Cap'n
Bill, he had no room to shiver, but he groaned very dismally and was
so full of fear that his blue hair nearly stood on end.
THE RULER OF SKY ISLAND
CHAPTER 25
The girl now took off Rosalie's ring and put it carefully away in
her pocket. "It won't matter who sees me now," she remarked, "an' I
want 'em to know that you an' me, Cap'n, are running this kingdom.
I'm Queen o' the Pinkies an' Booloorooess o' the Blues, an'--"
"What's that?" asked the sailor. "You're--you're WHAT, Trot?"
"Booloorooess. Isn't that right, Cap'n?"
"I dunno, mate. It sounds bigger ner you are, an' I don't like the
word, anyhow. S'pose you jus' call yourself the Boss? That fills the
bill an' don't need pernouncin'."
"All right," she said. "Queen o' the Pinkies an' Boss o' the Blues.
Seems funny, don't it, Cap'n Bill?"
Just then they heard a sound of footsteps in the corridor. The
soldiers had recovered their courage, and fearful of the anger of
their dreaded Boolooroo, whom the Princesses declared would punish
them severely, had ventured to return to the room. They came rather
haltingly, though, and the Captain of the Guards first put his head
cautiously through the doorway to see if the coast was clear.
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