Rupert of Hentzau [111]
not too young to learn such lessons from the life of Mr. Rassendyll. And while we stand there I will turn again into his native tongue--for, alas, the young rogue loves his toy soldiers better than his Latin!--the inscription that the queen wrote with her own hand, directing that it should be inscribed in that stately tongue over the tomb in which her life lies buried.
"To Rudolf, who reigned lately in this city, and reigns for ever in her heart.--QUEEN FLAVIA."
I told him the meaning, and he spelt the big words over in his childish voice; at first he stumbled, but the second time he had it right, and recited with a little touch of awe in his fresh young tones:
RUDOLFO
Qui in hac civitate nuper regnavit In corde ipsius in aeternum regnat
FLAVIA REGINA.
I felt his hand tremble in mine, and he looked up in my face. "God save the Queen, father," said he.
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"To Rudolf, who reigned lately in this city, and reigns for ever in her heart.--QUEEN FLAVIA."
I told him the meaning, and he spelt the big words over in his childish voice; at first he stumbled, but the second time he had it right, and recited with a little touch of awe in his fresh young tones:
RUDOLFO
Qui in hac civitate nuper regnavit In corde ipsius in aeternum regnat
FLAVIA REGINA.
I felt his hand tremble in mine, and he looked up in my face. "God save the Queen, father," said he.
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