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As soon as the coals began to burn him, the King came to himself and stood up. 'Ho! my captain of the guards! ' His Majesty exclaimed, stamping his royal feet with rage. O piteous spectacle! the King's nose was bent quite crooked by the blow of Prince Giglio! His Majesty ground his teeth with rage. 'Hedzoff,' he said, taking a death-warrant out of his dressing-gown pocket, 'Hedzoff, good Hedzoff, seize upon the Prince. Thou'lt find him in his chamber two pair up. But now he dared, with sacrilegious hand, to strike the sacred night-cap of a king -- Hedzoff, and floor me with a warming-pan! Away, no more demur, the villain dies! See it be done, or else, -- h'm -- ha! -- h'm! mind shine own eyes! ' and followed by the ladies, and lifting up the tails of his dressing-gown, the King entered his own apartment.
Captain Hedzoff was very much affected, having a sincere love for Giglio. 'Poor, poor Giglio! ' he said, the tears rolling over his manly face, and dripping down his moustachios; 'my noble young Prince, is it my hand must lead thee to death?'