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life and freedom, should occupy himself solely with 

 the genuineness of the credentials, to the utter disre- 

 gard of the message : — should after a minute examina- 

 tion of the seal, triumphantly exclaim, " Yes ! this 

 clearly proves, what I have long suspected, that there 

 is a King !" and should then complacently turn to his 

 dungeon-wall, and hug his chain, without a glance at 

 the document which has heen sent to him ! 



