`` That was before we were born , and such a thing wo n't happen again until after we 're dead , '' said Cecily , with very unusual pessimism . `` I think queens and kings were thicker long ago , '' said the Story Girl . `` They do seem dreadfully scarce now . There is n't one in this country anywhere . Perhaps I 'll get a glimpse of some when I go to Europe . '' Well , the Story Girl was destined to stand before kings herself , and she was to be one whom they delighted to honour . But we did not know that , as we sat in the old orchard . We thought it quite sufficiently marvellous that she should expect to have the chance of just seeing them . `` Can a queen do exactly as she pleases ? '' Sara Ray wanted to know . `` Not nowadays , '' explained the Story Girl . `` Then I do n't see any use in being one , '' Sara decided . `` A king ca n't do as he pleases now , either , '' said Felix . `` If he tries to , and if it is n't what pleases other people , the Parliament or something squelches him . '' `` Is n't ` squelch ' a lovely word ? '' said the Story Girl irrelevantly . `` It 's so expressive . Squ-u-e-l-ch ! '' Certainly it was a lovely word , as the Story Girl said it . Even a king would not have minded being squelched , if it were done to music like that .
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