Finally he came to a generous piece of beach frontage guarded by 
twelve-year-old Chinese girls. At this point he presented his credentials from 
Her Majesty Queen Victoria II, which were extremely impressive, so much so that 
many of the girls gathered around to marvel at them. Carl Hollywood was 
surprised to hear them all speaking perfect English in a rather high Victorian 
style. They seemed to prefer it when discussing things in the abstract, but 
when it came to practical matters they reverted to mandarin.