But before I do that, I want
the privilege of patching the Snubnosed Princesses to each
other--mixing the six as much as possible--and then I want to patch
the former Boolooroo to the billygoat, which is the same punishment
he was going to inflict upon Cap'n Bill."
"No," said Trot positively. "There's been enough patching in this
country, and I won't have any more of it. The old Boolooroo and the
six stuck-up Princesses will be punished enough by being put out of
the palace. The people don't like 'em a bit, so they'll be outcasts
and wanderers, and that will make 'em sorry they were so wicked an'
cruel when they were powerful. Am I right, Cap'n Bill?"
"You are, mate," replied the sailor.
"Please, Queen Trot," begged Ghip-Ghisizzle, "let me patch just the
Boolooroo. It will be such a satisfaction."
"I have said no, an' I mean it," answered the girl. "You let the
poor old Boolooroo alone. There's nothing that hurts so much as a
come-down in life, an' I 'spect the old rascal's goin' to be pretty
miser'ble by'm'by."
"What does he say to his reversal of fortune?" asked Rosalie.
"Why, I don't b'lieve he knows about it," said Trot. "Guess I'd
better send for him an' tell him what's happened."
So the Captain of the Guards was given the key and told to fetch the
Boolooroo from the Room of the Great Knife. The guards had a
terrible struggle with the goat, which was loose in the room and
still wanted to fight, but finally they subdued the animal, and then
they took the Boolooroo out of the frame he was tied in and brought
both him and the goat before Queen Trot, who awaited them in the
throne room of the palace.
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