Word: headlong
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Dates: during 1902-1902
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...coincidence they hit on the same scheme. Each disguises himself as king, that he may appoint himself the successor to the throne. Mackintosh, who has orders from Chichester to get the real king out of the way, seizes Ping Pong by mistake. The prisoner escapes only to run headlong into the Englishman. Each takes the other for the king; each discovers his mistake just as the real king enters. Philippine thinks his doubles must be due to over-indulgence in wine. To his great relief, de Breeze comes to the rescue and denounces the conspirators; and the king finds this...