_Queen_: That is a pity now, it gives you a sort
of a one-sided look. It might not be so hard a
thing to put out the sight of the other.

_Dall Glic_: I'd sooner leave them the way they
are.

_Queen_: I'll put a knot on my handkerchief till
such time as I can give my mind to it.... Now,
my dear (_to King_), make no more delay. It is
right to drink it down after your meal. The
stomach to be bare empty, the medicine might
prey upon the body till it would be wore away
and consumed.

_King_: Time enough. Let it settle now for
a minute.

_Queen_: Here, now, I'll hold your nose the way
you will not get the taste of it.

(_She holds spoon to his mouth. A ball flies
in at window; he starts and medicine
is spilled_.)

_Princess: (Coming in with Nurse.)_ Is it true
what they are telling me?

_Queen_: Do you see that you near hit the King
with your ball, and, what is worse again, you have