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On the same evening that Trot and her companions were arriving at the / Emerald City, Cheeriobed and his councilors sat talking in the great / blue throne room of the palace. All day the King had watched for the / coming of Ozma and the return of Philador, and as the hours dragged on / he had become more and more restless and uneasy. Shortly after lunch, / as he was pacing anxiously up and down one of the garden paths, he was / amazed to see Orpah hobbling rapidly toward him.
It was nearly twenty years since the keeper of the King's sea horses / had been carried off by Quiberon, and Cheeriobed had never expected to / see his faithful servitor again. Rubbing his eyes to make sure he was / not dreaming, the astounded monarch rushed forward to greet the old / mer-man. After a hearty embrace, which wet His Majesty considerably, / Orpah having stepped directly out of the water, they sat down on a / sapphire bench and the King begged Orpah to tell him at once all that / had happened.