Jingalo

Jingalo, English trade would suffer more than ours; and there might, in consequence, come about a real revival of our native crafts (an advantage which I had not previously thought of) -- lacking our usual supply of the bogus article we should at last become honest in our professions and truthful in our trademarks.

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912

The theaters suffered, but not nearly so much as the charities; for though Jingalo was still able decorously to amuse itself -- and did so at her Majesty's special request, for the sake of trade -- it could not have its heart successfully wrung by human compassion in more than one direction at a time -- at least, not to the same extent.

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912

And so, while squibs and crackers were being thrown at them and sham bombs hurled into their meetings to show how greatly the law-abiding people of Jingalo disapproved of them for incurring such suspicion -- politically, the unjustly suspected ones moved a little nearer to their goal.

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912

Jingalo; and such cerulean tones on a man were to her eyes a little incongruous.

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912

Once that was done there could be no hushing up of the matter; all Jingalo, nay, all Europe, would have to hear of it, including, of course, the Prince of Schnapps-Wasser; and so, at all costs of private strain and anxiety, it was necessary to conceal as long as possible that the Princess was not where she ought to be, and was perhaps where she ought not to be.

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912

Even now, at this very moment, the great heart of Jingalo is throbbing from plushed stalls to gallery stair-rail.

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912

In these last few months, while its rulers had been taking their well-earned rest, Jingalo had remained agog, obstinately progressive on foolish lines of its own; nothing any longer seemed content to stay as it had been: movement had become a craze.

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912

Inside the Cathedral all that was great and good and noble in Jingalo had assembled to celebrate the occasion; and in its midst, still looking rather frail and delicate after his illness, sat the King with the Royal

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912

"Episcopal power is not limited to the Church of Jingalo."

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912

Well, inside of it there is a country as big as this Jingalo of yours; and it belongs really to nobody.

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912