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...would rather be a beggar and single, than a queen and married...
Though I am not imperial, and Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry...
...polished Jan himself. He tells of his journey beyond the edge of the world, along the route of the silk; of Ibn Shu Eer Din, Wa Zir of Balkh and his wily plans for the acquisition of the secret of the weaving of silk; of Roxana, spirited young Queen of Balkh, and her love for the Prince Imperial of China, come disguised and almost alone into her land; of Jan's own love for Mosul-la, the slave girl. He tells of trial and treachery, of nights of passion, blood, flight. A book for the tired Mah Jongger...
Alfred Lunt, as the drunken youth, carries the burden of the leading part with extraordinary comprehension and performance. Beryl Mercer (lately Queen Victoria) adds another memorable portrait to her stage gallery as the charwoman. Lionel Watts, Leslie Howard, and Margalo Gillmore lend competence that edges upon distinction to the clergyman and the lovers. The Examiner is Dudley Digges (Adding Machine man). The New Poor. The immigration Russian royalty to our shores is deftly satirized in this latest inscription for the stage from the pen of the socially penetrating Cosmo Hamilton. Into a household lately bereft of its entire corps...
...fiancé figured also, as well as a map of the Count's alleged dominions. Next day "Millicent" appeared in Hindu costume, as well as with her ex-fiancé and in several other poses; while there were a number of photo-graphs from the movie The Queen of Sin in which the Count was purported to have taken part as one of 80,000 extras, with such captions as: "And who is the intrepid horseman in the foreground, waving aloft the spear? Can it be our hero? It cannot. If, however, you have patience and a strong magnifying...