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At High Boy's loud call, two Uplander Guards in purple kilts came running to open the gates. They were as tall and comical as their King and bowed deeply as they swung back the golden bars. High Boy was in such haste to enter he did not lower himself sufficiently, and the King's head was knocked severely on the top of the arch.
"Look what you're doing! " spluttered his Majesty, returning the salute of the guards and waving for two small pages to approach.