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Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
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visitors to meet and gaze upon members of the royal household.
The men and women, none of whom could be plainly distinguished
from the far-away wall, were undoubtedly a part of the castle's
family, and were not to be subjected to the curious gaze of
sightseers. Perhaps Her Royal Highness, the Princess of
Graustark, was among them.

They reached the main gate and descended, Anguish securing his
camera, after which they thanked the steward and turned to fee
the guide. But he had disappeared as if the ground had
swallowed him.

"Well, it's a fair Versailles," observed Anguish, as they walked
down the street, glancing back at the frowning wall.

"It all goes to make me wonder why in the name of heaven we have
never heard of this land of Graustark," said Lorry, still
thinking of the castle's grandeur.

"My boy, there are lots of things we don't know. We're too
busy. Don't you remember that but one-half the world knows how
the other half lives? I'll wager there are not twenty-five
people in the United States who know there is such a country as
Graustark."

"I don't believe that a single soul over there has heard of the
place," vouchsafed Lorry, very truthfully.

"I'll accept the amendment," said Anguish. Then he proceeded to
take a snap-shot of the castle from the middle of the street.
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