Helmas

Helmas had the Zhar-Ptitza's feather, the Peohtes came gladly to be judged, and the neighboring kings began to submit to him their more difficult cases, and all his judgings were received with reverence, because everybody knew that King Helmas 'wisdom was now infallible, and that to criticize his verdict as to anything was merely to expose your own stupidity.

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Then Manuel went into King Helmas 'chickenyard, and caught a goose, and plucked from its wing a feather.

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Helmas now wore the feather from the wing of the miller's goose affixed to the front of Helmas 'second best crown, because that was the one he used to give judgments in.

Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918

So everyone was satisfied in Albania except Manuel, who declared that he was pleased but not contented by the image he had made in the likeness of King Helmas.

Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918

"But the most learned," as King Helmas justly said, "are always the most modest."

Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918

Raymond Bérenger took up his sceptre and departed, and the Princess turned to where Manuel was pottering with the three images he had made in the likeness of Helmas and Ferdinand and Alianora.

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You tell me you are, instead, the late King Helmas 'servitor, suspected of his murder.

Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

For that you had not murdered King Helmas, as is popularly reported, I was certain, inasmuch as I happen to know he is now at Brunbelois, where Dame Mélusine holds his person and his treasury.

Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

Aboard the _Tranchemer_ the Free Companions awaited their captain; and the savage land they were bound for was a thought beyond the reach of a kingdom's lamentable curiosity concerning the whereabouts of King Helmas 'treasure.

Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

Manuel did as Helmas had directed, and for an instant the screamings were pitiable, but the fire ended these speedily.

Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918