The king was seized with such delight that he could not contain himself. "Pardon me, gentlemen!" he shouted, and leapt away to the kitchen where he hugged the queen and stirred the soup with his golden scepter. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1816). Illustrated by Artuš Scheiner (1863-1938)

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The king was seized with such delight that he could not contain himself. "Pardon me, gentlemen!" he shouted, and leapt away to the kitchen where he hugged the queen and stirred the soup with his golden scepter. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1816). Illustrated by Artuš Scheiner (1863-1938)

The king was seized with such delight that he could not contain himself. "Pardon me, gentlemen!" he shouted, and leapt away to the kitchen where he hugged the queen and stirred the soup with his golden scepter. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1816). Illustrated by Artuš Scheiner (1863-1938)

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