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 1   III|             CHAPTER III.~ ~THE WHITSUN KING.~ ~And now we are home
 2   III|        It is the red dawn of a Whitsun Day, and a real dawn it
 3   III|       all the youths stood the Whitsun King of the year before.
 4   III|      Then you intend to remain Whitsun King this year also?"~ ~"
 5   III|    sixth year that I have been Whitsun King."~ ~"And do you know
 6   III|         during the year of his Whitsun Kingship, had cost the community
 7   III|    ever caught me."~ ~"But thy Whitsun Kingship has cost the town
 8   III|      years I have remained the Whitsun King," answered the youth,
 9   III|      you are deposed from your Whitsun Kingship."~ ~"The man is
10   III|        also perceived that the Whitsun King had made a mistake
11   III| himself that if Martin was the Whitsun King, he himself was at
12   III|       himself was at least the Whitsun Palatine.~ ~Last of all
13   III|           Last of all came the Whitsun King. His horse was not
14   III|        wish to compete for the Whitsun Kingship.[Pg 67]~ ~"Don'
15   III|       the last-comer also. The Whitsun King was in the centre group;
16   III|        was easy to see how the Whitsun King was galloping along
17   III|       will be all up with your Whitsun Kingship immediately. Only
18   III|        banner first, he is the Whitsun King, and you see it is
19   III|        of the race, though the Whitsun King savagely laid about
20   III|     crown from the head of the Whitsun King, who was quivering
21   III|        cannot therefore be the Whitsun King!" cried many voices.~ ~
22   III|        him hither shall be the Whitsun King."~ ~"There's my hand
23   III|       the mob escorted the new Whitsun King along all the streets
24   III|  custom goes to prove that the Whitsun King had need to be not
25   III|      jurors brought in the new Whitsun King to introduce him to
26   III|   brother?" he inquired of the Whitsun King.~ ~"Michael Kis, at
27   III|        now you are going to be Whitsun King for a whole year, eh?
28   III|      end of twelve months your Whitsun Kingship will be over, you
29   III|  disguised as an ostler to the Whitsun Kingship competition, and
30   III|        his sleeve, for the red Whitsun Day was drawing near, and
31   III| masquerade.~ ~And at last rosy Whitsun Day, most comical of days,
32   III|  According to the compact, the Whitsun King ought now to be waiting
33   III|       aware that to-day is red Whitsun Day?"~ ~"What's that got
34   III|      at a quarter to four your Whitsun Kingship ceases!"~ ~"And
35   III|       very simple matter. When Whitsun Day was only a week off,
36   VII|       of it Martin, the former Whitsun King, as being the one among
37   VII|    Mike Kis, Martin the former Whitsun King, Master Varga the estate
38  VIII|    occasions the Nabob and the Whitsun King would look at each
39  XIII|        conquer - Mike Kis, the Whitsun King!~ ~In a moment he had
40  XIII|     escort, Count Gregory, the Whitsun King, and some other horsemen.
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