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The King Is Dead, Long Live the King
The prince stamps a cigarette out on the hard ground, screws up his eyes, slows his breathing to almost nothing, goes to pull the trigger. Suddenly, a commotion behind him. Edward turns to see his private secretary, alec hardins, red and sweating, the legs of his pin striped suit laced with mud. A message from the queen. Come urgently, the king ill at five minutes to midnight. The faltering breath give way to nothing. He looks so much smaller. But mary stays on her feet. As calm and composed as ever, she takes his hand lightly in hers, kisses it, and with a short demure breath, utters the words he has been
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