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As she stepped into the royal box she saw what had been pinned there. It was a placard and on it had been scribbled in huge letters:

‘Tremble, Tyrants. Your reign is nearly over.’

A servant hastily removed it but all during that performance it seemed to dance before the Queen’s eyes, and wherever she looked, from the stage to the glittering audience, she saw those words, ‘Tremble, Tyrants.’

And she did tremble.

-Flaunting, Extravagant Queen by Jean Plaidy