On his majesty

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The grammar of this is sentence is:

On [as in, "upon"] his majesty, who was .. [etc.] and had been meaning to inquire [etc.], .. asking substitutionally [that is, "asking instead"] .. honest blunt Haromphreyld answered ..

i.e., On his majesty asking, HCE answered ..

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