`Ithinkyoumaytakethatliberty,\'theDoctoranswered,smiling.
`Forgracioussake,don\'ttalkaboutLiberty;wehavequiteenoughofthat,\'saidMissPross.
`Hush,dear!Again?\'Lucieremonstrated.
`Well,mysweet,\'saidMissPross,noddingherheademphatically,`theshortandthelongofitis,thatIamasubjectofHisMostGraciousMajestyKingGeorgetheThird;\'MissProsscurtseyedatthename;`andassuch,mymaximis,Confoundtheirpolitics,Frustratetheirknavishtricks,Onhimourhopeswefix,GodsavetheKing!\'
Mr.Cruncher,inanaccessofloyalty,growlinglyrepeatedthewordsafterMissPross,likesomebodyatchurch.