...Whitehead, rushed into the room with the newspaper containing the Edict in his hand. "Here," he said, "here's news for ye! Here's the King of Prussia, claiming a right to this kingdom." All stared with astonishment, and Franklin managed to look as surprised as the rest of the company. Whitehead...
Damn his impudence, I dare say, u'e shall hear by next post that he is upon his march with one hundred thousand men to back this. 
