Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 149: what you’re looking at

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- Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. 143 us, and while following his example, I asked him why he did so. “‘As a mark of respect,” he replied, ‘‘to fallen greatness and broken power ; the mis- fortunes of a monarch, however well de- served, must gain the pity of the generous.” ** Who is he then ?” I asked. “‘To-day he is James Stuart. Not long agone he was King of England.” comichbooks.com