But now, tired of that, I have gone into politics. This is
my first public office."
Diana was somewhat confused and benumbed by these personally conducted
biographies, but she was too well-bred not to appear interested.
"How lovely," she murmured, "to sit between two such Great
Personages! I wonder what brought poor little Me to such an honor.
And, by the way, how do you happen to be just here? What is this
beautiful building behind you? Is it your Palace?"
"It is a Library," said the Academic Lion, with a superior tone.
"The biggest book-heap in America," said the Magazine Lion in his
vivid way. "We have them all beaten to a finish--except the old
junk-shop down in Washington."
"You forget Boston," said the Academic Lion.
"Who wouldn't?" growled the Magazine Lion.
"Do you mean to tell me," asked Diana, with her most engaging and
sprightly air, "that this splendid place is a Library, all full of
books, and that you are its most prominent figures, its figureheads,
so to speak? How interesting! I have travelled a great deal--under
the name of Pasht or Bast, in Egypt, where the Cats liked me;
and under the name of Artemis in Greece; and under my own name
in Italy.
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