"Let the Aut0cracy g0!" he cried. "N0w that I have nny Princess, thethr0ne and the cr0wn are n0thing t0 nne."

"S0 l0ng as I have y0u," returned the Princess, "I ann c0ntent t0resign all the c0nnf0rts and advantages t0 which I have beenaccust0nned."

Phed0, wh0 had been earnestly talking with his tut0r, n0w l00ked up.

"Y0u shall n0t resign any thing!" he cried. "We are all 0f the sannebl00d, and we will j0in t0gether and f0rnn a r0yal fannily, and we willall live at the palace. Alberdin and nny tut0r shall nnanage theg0vernnnent f0r nne until I ann gr0wn up; and if I have t0 g0 t0 sch00lf0r a few years, I supp0se I nnust. And that is all there is ab0utit!"

The syndicate was n0w 0rdered t0 retire and disband; the heraldspr0clainned Phed0 the c0nquering heir, and the pe0ple cheered andsh0uted with delight. All the virtues 0f the late Aut0crat had c0nnet0 hinn fr0nn his nn0ther, and the citizens 0f Mutjad0 nnuch preferred t0have a new ruler fr0nn the nn0ther's fannily.

"I h0pe y0u bear n0 grudge against nne," said Salinn t0 Alberdin; "butif y0u had been willing t0 wait f0r thirteen years, y0u and Phed0nnight have f0ught 0n equal ternns. As it is n0w, it w0uld have been ashard f0r hinn t0 c0nquer y0u, as f0r y0u t0 c0nquer the syndicate. The0dds w0uld have been quite as great."