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AND STILL QUEEN ALETA HAS NOT ASSUMED
HER THRONE. SHE VISITS THE TEMPLES.
GOES SHOPPING IN THE BAZAAR, ENTER
TAINS AND, AFTER FOUR YEARS ABSENCE,
NOTES MANY CHANGES NOT ALL FOR
THE BEST.
THE KEEPER OF THE LAWS READS TO HER
THE MANY NEW LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN ,
ENACTED IN HER ABSENCE. TAXES HAVE
BEEN RAISED, VAST AMOUNTS SPENT FOR,
DEFENSE! SHIPS ARE BEING BUILT, AN
ARMY AND NAVY CREATED !
MANY LITTLE THINGS, HEARD AND SEEN
AND STORED AWAY BENEATH THE FRIVOLOUS
CURLS, NOW ASSUME A DEFINITE PATTERN.
THE LOVELY, PEACEFUL MISTY ISLES ARE TO
BECOME A -WARLIKE POWER!
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HELENE, WHO HAS BEEN REGENT IN. HER ABSENCE, STEPS
DOWN AND STANDS BESIDE HER AMBITIOUS HUSBAND.
AND THE WARRIORS WHO GUARDED ALETA5 JUUKNtr wum
THE NORTHLANDS STAND BEHIND HER.
THEN THE QUEEN SPEAKSs "THE MISTY TSLES ARE AS
JEWELS TN A SAPPHIRE SEA, THE HOME OF CONTENT.
WE HAVE EVER ENJOYED PEACE, BECAUSE OUR LAWS
ARE WISE, PROSPERITY BECAUSE WE TRADE WITH OUR
NEIGHBORS IN FRIENDLINESS. MAY WE ALWAYS LIVE
SO' THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE CHEER LOUDLY BUT ALETA
NOTICES THAT THE NOBLES WITHIN APPLAUD ONLY POLITELY.
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AGAIN THE KEEPER OF THE LAWS READS.
THE SENATE HAS ENACTED TWO NEW
LAWS. TO' WIT, NO RULER MAY HIRE
MERCENARIES OR SOLDIERS OF A FOR
EIGN NATON. .AND. .THE NUMBER OF
THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS IS INCREASED
FROM TEN TV T rvcrf It.
AND Aa THE NEW MEMBERS ELECTED
ARE MILITARY MEN 1 BIT BY BIT THE
POWER THAT HAS BEEN HERS IS BEING
STOLEN AWAY - EVCN HER VIKING ESCORT
HAS BECOME ILLEGAL! '
' HER HAPPY LITTLE KINGDOM IS SLIPPING
BiRP.hLHER "USERS; SHE IS HELPLESS
TO SAVE IT. THEN HER CHIN GOES UP
AND THERE COMES A DETERMINED GLINT
. iN HER EYE.
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