The Rest Is History · 2026-09-16 · 72 min · 12,653 words

706. Queen Victoria’s Revenge: Storming the Citadel (Part 2)

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A commotion at the doorway brought me back to life, trying to start up and failing thanks to the weight of those infernal clanking manacles. As the door crashed shut again, I was aware of a swaying figure in the middle of the room, bare to the waist. How are you? How are you, my dear friend, my best of friend? cries this apparition, whooping with laughter.

Thank God I am well. Are you well? Ah, my good friend, my heart rejoices to see you, for the friendship I have entertained for you has not diminished. Be of good cheer, for though you are bound with fetters of Samson and Zedekiah were bound even with fetters of brass, yet yet his voice trailed away, muttering, And and who else? Yea, Joachim also was bound, and Manessa

They were bound by the power of God, and so was Joseph, who was sold for a servant, whose feet they hurt with fetters, and he was laid in iron. And then he gave another crazy laugh and almost fell over. But have no fear, for the hour of your deliverance is at hand. My eyes had recovered from the lamp glare, but I could hardly believe them. For the newcomer was Theodore, King of Abyssinia, and he was staggeringly drunk.

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