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‘I wager he knows how to strut, too! It’s all on the cards that the Queen Will ask him to Buckingham Palace, to say what he’s done and he’s seen. Victoria’s fond of her soldiers: and she’s got a nose for a fight. If Tom tells a cleverish story—there is such a thing as a knight! And don’t he look roguish and handsome!—To see a girl snivelling there— By George, Miss, it’s clear that you’re jealous’—‘I love him!’ she answered his stare.