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And Now A Few Words From Her Royal Highness
Queen Victoria:
“We Are NOT Amused!”
“As Guardian of the Faith and Protector of the Public Morals, it has come to Our attention that you, dear web surfer, may have consulted a Cheat Site or otherwise obtained an inappropriate clue in the pursuit of Cybersurfari prizes. How ghastly! And what a sad and joyless experience it would be to win a prize with the shameful knowledge inside your heart of hearts that you have done something so… so… terribly, thoroughly, awfully naughty!
Tea-time is fast approaching, so we must now bid you farewell in the hope that this Regal dressing-down has done its work and encouraged you to find your own staunchly honorable path through the contest, avoiding any further temptations to (dare we say it?) finagle your way to the top.
Now, simply click on our cheerful and pleasant carte de visite portrait above (taken at Royal Command around 1860 by an American who moved to London, John Jabez Edwin Mayall) and you shall be swiftly deposited at the front door of the charming American Museum of Photography… to search for a melainotype with a crustacean. Godspeed to you, O chastened Web Surfer!”
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