36 ED WARD - HIS MURDER. CHAP. XI

This was a very good thing; and Edgar did manyother useful things for England, but I am sorry tosay, he did not always do what was right, as youwill know when you are old enough to read the largeHistory of England.

When Edgar died, his eldest son, Edward, becameking. Now the old queen, who was Edward's step-mother, hated him, because she wanted her own

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King Edward stabbed by order of Elfrida.