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+<h2>THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, Part 6.</h2>
+<pre>
+
+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Prince and The Pauper, Part 6.
+by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
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+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
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+
+Title: The Prince and The Pauper, Part 6.
+
+Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
+
+Release Date: July 4, 2004 [EBook #7159]
+
+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, PART 6. ***
+
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+
+
+Produced by David Widger
+
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+
+
+
+</pre>
+
+
+
+
+
+<br>
+<hr>
+<br><br><br><br><br><br>
+
+
+
+<center>
+<h1>THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER</h1>
+<br><br>
+<h2>by Mark Twain
+<br><br><br><br>Part Six
+</h2>
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="bookcover.jpg (148K)" src="images/bookcover.jpg" height="1018" width="948">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="frontispiece1.jpg (135K)" src="images/frontispiece1.jpg" height="1067" width="745">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="frontispiece2.jpg (123K)" src="images/frontispiece2.jpg" height="939" width="747">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="titlepage.jpg (62K)" src="images/titlepage.jpg" height="1083" width="815">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="greatseal.jpg (68K)" src="images/greatseal.jpg" height="438" width="711">
+<br>The Great Seal
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="dedication.jpg (21K)" src="images/dedication.jpg" height="420" width="663">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="inscription.jpg (16K)" src="images/inscription.jpg" height="219" width="601">
+</center>
+
+
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<br><br>
+<blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote>
+<b>
+I will set down a tale as it was told to me by one who had it of his
+father, which latter had it of HIS father, this last having in like
+manner had it of HIS father&mdash;and so on, back and still back, three
+hundred years and more, the fathers transmitting it to the sons and so
+preserving it. &nbsp;It may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition.
+It may have happened, it may not have happened: &nbsp;but it COULD have
+happened. &nbsp;It may be that the wise and the learned believed it in the old
+days; it may be that only the unlearned and the simple loved it and
+credited it.</b>
+</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
+
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>
+CONTENTS</h2>
+
+<center>
+<table summary="">
+<tr><td>
+
+XVIII.&nbsp;&nbsp; </td><td><a href="#c18">The Prince with the tramps.</a><br></td></tr><tr><td>
+XIX. </td><td><a href="#c19">The Prince with the peasants.</a><br></td></tr><tr><td>
+XX. </td><td><a href="#c20">The Prince and the hermit.</a><br></td></tr><tr><td>
+XXI. </td><td><a href="#c21">Hendon to the rescue.</a><br></td></tr>
+
+
+
+</table>
+</center>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<h2>ILLUSTRATIONS</h2>
+<center>
+<table summary="">
+<tr><td>
+
+
+
+
+<a href="#18-221">THE PRINCE WITH THE TRAMPS</a><br><br>
+<a href="#18-224">"TROOP OF VAGABONDS SET FORWARD"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#18-225">"THEY THREW BONES AND VEGETABLES</a><br><br>
+<a href="#18-227">"WRITHE AND WALLOW IN THE DIRT"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#18-228">"KING FLED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#18-230">"HE STUMBLED ALONG"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#18-232">"WHAT SEEMED TO BE A WARM ROPE"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#18-233">"CUDDLED UP TO THE CALF"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#19-235">THE PRINCE WITH THE PEASANTS</a><br><br>
+<a href="#19-239">"TOOK A GOOD SATISFYING STARE"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#19-240">"MOTHER RECEIVED THE KING KINDLY"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#19-242">"BROUGHT THE KING OUT OF HIS DREAMS"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#19-244">"GAVE HIM A BUTCHER KNIFE TO GRIND"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#20-245">THE PRINCE AND THE HERMIT</a><br><br>
+<a href="#20-248">"HE TURNED AND DESCRIED TWO FIGURES"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#20-249">"THE KING ENTERED AND PAUSED"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#20-251">"I WILL TELL YOU A SECRET"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#20-253">"CHATTING PLEASANTLY ALL THE TIME"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#20-255">"DREW HIS THUMB ALONG THE EDGE"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#20-256">"THE NEXT MOMENT THEY WERE BOUND"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#21-257">HENDON TO THE RESCUE</a><br><br>
+<a href="#21-260">"SUNK UPON HIS KNEES"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#21-262">"GOD MADE EVERY CREATURE BUT YOU!"</a><br><br>
+<a href="#21-264">"THE FETTERED LITTLE KING"</a><br><br>
+
+</td></tr>
+</table>
+</center>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<br><br><hr><br>
+<br><br>
+<a name="c18"></a>
+<a name="18-221"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="18-221.jpg (75K)" src="images/18-221.jpg" height="614" width="650">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>Chapter XVIII. The Prince with the tramps.</p>
+
+<p>The troop of vagabonds turned out at early dawn, and set forward on their
+march. &nbsp;There was a lowering sky overhead, sloppy ground under foot, and
+a winter chill in the air. &nbsp;All gaiety was gone from the company; some
+were sullen and silent, some were irritable and petulant, none were
+gentle-humoured, all were thirsty.</p>
+
+<p>The Ruffler put 'Jack' in Hugo's charge, with some brief instructions,
+and commanded John Canty to keep away from him and let him alone; he also
+warned Hugo not to be too rough with the lad.</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="18-224"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="18-224.jpg (97K)" src="images/18-224.jpg" height="606" width="558">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>After a while the weather grew milder, and the clouds lifted somewhat.
+The troop ceased to shiver, and their spirits began to improve. &nbsp;They
+grew more and more cheerful, and finally began to chaff each other and
+insult passengers along the highway. &nbsp;This showed that they were awaking
+to an appreciation of life and its joys once more. &nbsp;The dread in which
+their sort was held was apparent in the fact that everybody gave them the
+road, and took their ribald insolences meekly, without venturing to talk
+back. They snatched linen from the hedges, occasionally in full view of
+the owners, who made no protest, but only seemed grateful that they did
+not take the hedges, too.</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="18-225"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="18-225.jpg (97K)" src="images/18-225.jpg" height="544" width="713">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>By-and-by they invaded a small farmhouse and made themselves at home
+while the trembling farmer and his people swept the larder clean to
+furnish a breakfast for them. &nbsp;They chucked the housewife and her
+daughters under the chin whilst receiving the food from their hands, and
+made coarse jests about them, accompanied with insulting epithets and
+bursts of horse-laughter. &nbsp;They threw bones and vegetables at the farmer
+and his sons, kept them dodging all the time, and applauded uproariously
+when a good hit was made. They ended by buttering the head of one of the
+daughters who resented some of their familiarities. &nbsp;When they took their
+leave they threatened to come back and burn the house over the heads of
+the family if any report of their doings got to the ears of the
+authorities.</p>
+
+<p>About noon, after a long and weary tramp, the gang came to a halt behind
+a hedge on the outskirts of a considerable village. &nbsp;An hour was allowed
+for rest, then the crew scattered themselves abroad to enter the village
+at different points to ply their various trades&mdash;'Jack' was sent with
+Hugo. &nbsp;They wandered hither and thither for some time, Hugo watching for
+opportunities to do a stroke of business, but finding none&mdash;so he finally
+said&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"I see nought to steal; it is a paltry place. &nbsp;Wherefore we will beg."</p>
+
+<p>"WE, forsooth! &nbsp;Follow thy trade&mdash;it befits thee. &nbsp;But _I_ will not beg."</p>
+
+<p>"Thou'lt not beg!" exclaimed Hugo, eyeing the King with surprise.
+"Prithee, since when hast thou reformed?"</p>
+
+<p>"What dost thou mean?"</p>
+
+<p>"Mean? &nbsp;Hast thou not begged the streets of London all thy life?"</p>
+
+<p>"I? &nbsp;Thou idiot!"</p>
+
+<p>"Spare thy compliments&mdash;thy stock will last the longer. &nbsp;Thy father says
+thou hast begged all thy days. &nbsp;Mayhap he lied. Peradventure you will
+even make so bold as to SAY he lied," scoffed Hugo.</p>
+
+<p>"Him YOU call my father? &nbsp;Yes, he lied."</p>
+
+<p>"Come, play not thy merry game of madman so far, mate; use it for thy
+amusement, not thy hurt. &nbsp;An' I tell him this, he will scorch thee finely
+for it."</p>
+
+<p>"Save thyself the trouble. &nbsp;I will tell him."</p>
+
+<p>"I like thy spirit, I do in truth; but I do not admire thy judgment.
+Bone-rackings and bastings be plenty enow in this life, without going out
+of one's way to invite them. &nbsp;But a truce to these matters; _I_ believe
+your father. &nbsp;I doubt not he can lie; I doubt not he DOTH lie, upon
+occasion, for the best of us do that; but there is no occasion here. &nbsp;A
+wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for nought. &nbsp;But
+come; sith it is thy humour to give over begging, wherewithal shall we
+busy ourselves? &nbsp;With robbing kitchens?"</p>
+
+<p>The King said, impatiently&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Have done with this folly&mdash;you weary me!"</p>
+
+<p>Hugo replied, with temper&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Now harkee, mate; you will not beg, you will not rob; so be it. But I
+will tell you what you WILL do. &nbsp;You will play decoy whilst _I_ beg.
+Refuse, an' you think you may venture!"</p>
+
+<p>The King was about to reply contemptuously, when Hugo said, interrupting&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Peace! &nbsp;Here comes one with a kindly face. &nbsp;Now will I fall down in a
+fit. &nbsp;When the stranger runs to me, set you up a wail, and fall upon your
+knees, seeming to weep; then cry out as all the devils of misery were in
+your belly, and say, 'Oh, sir, it is my poor afflicted brother, and we be
+friendless; o' God's name cast through your merciful eyes one pitiful
+look upon a sick, forsaken, and most miserable wretch; bestow one little
+penny out of thy riches upon one smitten of God and ready to
+perish!'&mdash;and mind you, keep you ON wailing, and abate not till we bilk him of his
+penny, else shall you rue it."</p>
+
+<p>Then immediately Hugo began to moan, and groan, and roll his eyes, and
+reel and totter about; and when the stranger was close at hand, down he
+sprawled before him, with a shriek, and began to writhe and wallow in the
+dirt, in seeming agony.</p>
+
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="18-227"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="18-227.jpg (143K)" src="images/18-227.jpg" height="794" width="722">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>"O, dear, O dear!" cried the benevolent stranger, "O poor soul, poor
+soul, how he doth suffer! &nbsp;There&mdash;let me help thee up."</p>
+
+<p>"O noble sir, forbear, and God love you for a princely gentleman&mdash;but it
+giveth me cruel pain to touch me when I am taken so. &nbsp;My brother there
+will tell your worship how I am racked with anguish when these fits be
+upon me. &nbsp;A penny, dear sir, a penny, to buy a little food; then leave me
+to my sorrows."</p>
+
+<p>"A penny! thou shalt have three, thou hapless creature"&mdash;and he fumbled
+in his pocket with nervous haste and got them out. "There, poor lad, take
+them and most welcome. &nbsp;Now come hither, my boy, and help me carry thy
+stricken brother to yon house, where&mdash;"</p>
+
+<p>"I am not his brother," said the King, interrupting.</p>
+
+<p>"What! not his brother?"</p>
+
+<p>"Oh, hear him!" groaned Hugo, then privately ground his teeth. "He denies
+his own brother&mdash;and he with one foot in the grave!"</p>
+
+<p>"Boy, thou art indeed hard of heart, if this is thy brother. &nbsp;For
+shame!&mdash;and he scarce able to move hand or foot. &nbsp;If he is not thy brother, who
+is he, then?"</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="18-228"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="18-228.jpg (137K)" src="images/18-228.jpg" height="782" width="713">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>"A beggar and a thief! &nbsp;He has got your money and has picked your pocket
+likewise. &nbsp;An' thou would'st do a healing miracle, lay thy staff over his
+shoulders and trust Providence for the rest."</p>
+
+<p>But Hugo did not tarry for the miracle. &nbsp;In a moment he was up and off
+like the wind, the gentleman following after and raising the hue and cry
+lustily as he went. &nbsp;The King, breathing deep gratitude to Heaven for his
+own release, fled in the opposite direction, and did not slacken his pace
+until he was out of harm's reach. &nbsp;He took the first road that offered,
+and soon put the village behind him. &nbsp;He hurried along, as briskly as he
+could, during several hours, keeping a nervous watch over his shoulder
+for pursuit; but his fears left him at last, and a grateful sense of
+security took their place. &nbsp;He recognised, now, that he was hungry, and
+also very tired. &nbsp;So he halted at a farmhouse; but when he was about to
+speak, he was cut short and driven rudely away. &nbsp;His clothes were against
+him.</p>
+
+<p>He wandered on, wounded and indignant, and was resolved to put himself in
+the way of like treatment no more. &nbsp;But hunger is pride's master; so, as
+the evening drew near, he made an attempt at another farmhouse; but here
+he fared worse than before; for he was called hard names and was promised
+arrest as a vagrant except he moved on promptly.</p>
+
+<p>The night came on, chilly and overcast; and still the footsore monarch
+laboured slowly on. &nbsp;He was obliged to keep moving, for every time he sat
+down to rest he was soon penetrated to the bone with the cold. &nbsp;All his
+sensations and experiences, as he moved through the solemn gloom and the
+empty vastness of the night, were new and strange to him. &nbsp;At intervals
+he heard voices approach, pass by, and fade into silence; and as he saw
+nothing more of the bodies they belonged to than a sort of formless
+drifting blur, there was something spectral and uncanny about it all that
+made him shudder. &nbsp;Occasionally he caught the twinkle of a light&mdash;always
+far away, apparently&mdash;almost in another world; if he heard the tinkle of
+a sheep's bell, it was vague, distant, indistinct; the muffled lowing of
+the herds floated to him on the night wind in vanishing cadences, a
+mournful sound; now and then came the complaining howl of a dog over
+viewless expanses of field and forest; all sounds were remote; they made
+the little King feel that all life and activity were far removed from
+him, and that he stood solitary, companionless, in the centre of a
+measureless solitude.</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="18-230"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="18-230.jpg (152K)" src="images/18-230.jpg" height="848" width="697">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>He stumbled along, through the gruesome fascinations of this new
+experience, startled occasionally by the soft rustling of the dry leaves
+overhead, so like human whispers they seemed to sound; and by-and-by he
+came suddenly upon the freckled light of a tin lantern near at hand. &nbsp;He
+stepped back into the shadows and waited. &nbsp;The lantern stood by the open
+door of a barn. &nbsp;The King waited some time&mdash;there was no sound, and
+nobody stirring. &nbsp;He got so cold, standing still, and the hospitable barn
+looked so enticing, that at last he resolved to risk everything and
+enter. He started swiftly and stealthily, and just as he was crossing the
+threshold he heard voices behind him. &nbsp;He darted behind a cask, within
+the barn, and stooped down. &nbsp;Two farm-labourers came in, bringing the
+lantern with them, and fell to work, talking meanwhile. &nbsp;Whilst they
+moved about with the light, the King made good use of his eyes and took
+the bearings of what seemed to be a good-sized stall at the further end
+of the place, purposing to grope his way to it when he should be left to
+himself. &nbsp;He also noted the position of a pile of horse blankets, midway
+of the route, with the intent to levy upon them for the service of the
+crown of England for one night.</p>
+
+<p>By-and-by the men finished and went away, fastening the door behind them
+and taking the lantern with them. &nbsp;The shivering King made for the
+blankets, with as good speed as the darkness would allow; gathered them
+up, and then groped his way safely to the stall. &nbsp;Of two of the blankets
+he made a bed, then covered himself with the remaining two. &nbsp;He was a
+glad monarch, now, though the blankets were old and thin, and not quite
+warm enough; and besides gave out a pungent horsey odour that was almost
+suffocatingly powerful.</p>
+
+<p>Although the King was hungry and chilly, he was also so tired and so
+drowsy that these latter influences soon began to get the advantage of
+the former, and he presently dozed off into a state of
+semi-consciousness. &nbsp;Then, just as he was on the point of losing himself
+wholly, he distinctly felt something touch him! &nbsp;He was broad awake in a
+moment, and gasping for breath. &nbsp;The cold horror of that mysterious touch
+in the dark almost made his heart stand still. &nbsp;He lay motionless, and
+listened, scarcely breathing. But nothing stirred, and there was no
+sound. &nbsp;He continued to listen, and wait, during what seemed a long time,
+but still nothing stirred, and there was no sound. &nbsp;So he began to drop
+into a drowse once more, at last; and all at once he felt that mysterious
+touch again! &nbsp;It was a grisly thing, this light touch from this noiseless
+and invisible presence; it made the boy sick with ghostly fears. &nbsp;What
+should he do? &nbsp;That was the question; but he did not know how to answer
+it. &nbsp;Should he leave these reasonably comfortable quarters and fly from
+this inscrutable horror? &nbsp;But fly whither? &nbsp;He could not get out of the
+barn; and the idea of scurrying blindly hither and thither in the dark,
+within the captivity of the four walls, with this phantom gliding after
+him, and visiting him with that soft hideous touch upon cheek or shoulder
+at every turn, was intolerable. &nbsp;But to stay where he was, and endure
+this living death all night&mdash;was that better? &nbsp;No. &nbsp;What, then, was there
+left to do? &nbsp;Ah, there was but one course; he knew it well&mdash;he must put
+out his hand and find that thing!</p>
+
+<p>It was easy to think this; but it was hard to brace himself up to try it.
+Three times he stretched his hand a little way out into the dark,
+gingerly; and snatched it suddenly back, with a gasp&mdash;not because it had
+encountered anything, but because he had felt so sure it was just GOING
+to. &nbsp;But the fourth time, he groped a little further, and his hand
+lightly swept against something soft and warm. &nbsp;This petrified him,
+nearly, with fright; his mind was in such a state that he could imagine
+the thing to be nothing else than a corpse, newly dead and still warm.
+He thought he would rather die than touch it again. &nbsp;But he thought this
+false thought because he did not know the immortal strength of human
+curiosity. In no long time his hand was tremblingly groping
+again&mdash;against his judgment, and without his consent&mdash;but groping persistently
+on, just the same. &nbsp;It encountered a bunch of long hair; he shuddered,
+but followed up the hair and found what seemed to be a warm rope;
+followed up the rope and found an innocent calf!&mdash;for the rope was not a
+rope at all, but the calf's tail.</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="18-232"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="18-232.jpg (88K)" src="images/18-232.jpg" height="371" width="704">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>The King was cordially ashamed of himself for having gotten all that
+fright and misery out of so paltry a matter as a slumbering calf; but he
+need not have felt so about it, for it was not the calf that frightened
+him, but a dreadful non-existent something which the calf stood for; and
+any other boy, in those old superstitious times, would have acted and
+suffered just as he had done.</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="18-233"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="18-233.jpg (109K)" src="images/18-233.jpg" height="575" width="708">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+
+<p>The King was not only delighted to find that the creature was only a
+calf, but delighted to have the calf's company; for he had been feeling
+so lonesome and friendless that the company and comradeship of even this
+humble animal were welcome. &nbsp;And he had been so buffeted, so rudely
+entreated by his own kind, that it was a real comfort to him to feel that
+he was at last in the society of a fellow-creature that had at least a
+soft heart and a gentle spirit, whatever loftier attributes might be
+lacking. &nbsp;So he resolved to waive rank and make friends with the calf.</p>
+
+<p>While stroking its sleek warm back&mdash;for it lay near him and within easy
+reach&mdash;it occurred to him that this calf might be utilised in more ways
+than one. &nbsp;Whereupon he re-arranged his bed, spreading it down close to
+the calf; then he cuddled himself up to the calf's back, drew the covers
+up over himself and his friend, and in a minute or two was as warm and
+comfortable as he had ever been in the downy couches of the regal palace
+of Westminster.</p>
+
+<p>Pleasant thoughts came at once; life took on a cheerfuller seeming. &nbsp;He
+was free of the bonds of servitude and crime, free of the companionship
+of base and brutal outlaws; he was warm; he was sheltered; in a word, he
+was happy. &nbsp;The night wind was rising; it swept by in fitful gusts that
+made the old barn quake and rattle, then its forces died down at
+intervals, and went moaning and wailing around corners and
+projections&mdash;but it was all music to the King, now that he was snug and comfortable:
+let it blow and rage, let it batter and bang, let it moan and wail, he
+minded it not, he only enjoyed it. &nbsp;He merely snuggled the closer to his
+friend, in a luxury of warm contentment, and drifted blissfully out of
+consciousness into a deep and dreamless sleep that was full of serenity
+and peace. &nbsp;The distant dogs howled, the melancholy kine complained, and
+the winds went on raging, whilst furious sheets of rain drove along the
+roof; but the Majesty of England slept on, undisturbed, and the calf did
+the same, it being a simple creature, and not easily troubled by storms
+or embarrassed by sleeping with a king.</p>
+
+
+<br><br><hr><br>
+<br><br>
+<a name="c19"></a>
+<a name="19-235"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="19-235.jpg (57K)" src="images/19-235.jpg" height="559" width="505">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+
+<p>Chapter XIX. The Prince with the peasants.</p>
+
+<p>When the King awoke in the early morning, he found that a wet but
+thoughtful rat had crept into the place during the night and made a cosy
+bed for itself in his bosom. &nbsp;Being disturbed now, it scampered away.
+The boy smiled, and said, "Poor fool, why so fearful? &nbsp;I am as forlorn as
+thou. &nbsp;'Twould be a sham in me to hurt the helpless, who am myself so
+helpless. &nbsp;Moreover, I owe you thanks for a good omen; for when a king
+has fallen so low that the very rats do make a bed of him, it surely
+meaneth that his fortunes be upon the turn, since it is plain he can no
+lower go."</p>
+
+<p>He got up and stepped out of the stall, and just then he heard the sound
+of children's voices. &nbsp;The barn door opened and a couple of little girls
+came in. &nbsp;As soon as they saw him their talking and laughing ceased, and
+they stopped and stood still, gazing at him with strong curiosity; they
+presently began to whisper together, then they approached nearer, and
+stopped again to gaze and whisper. &nbsp;By-and-by they gathered courage and
+began to discuss him aloud. &nbsp;One said&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"He hath a comely face."</p>
+
+<p>The other added&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"And pretty hair."</p>
+
+<p>"But is ill clothed enow."</p>
+
+<p>"And how starved he looketh."</p>
+
+<p>They came still nearer, sidling shyly around and about him, examining him
+minutely from all points, as if he were some strange new kind of animal,
+but warily and watchfully the while, as if they half feared he might be a
+sort of animal that would bite, upon occasion. &nbsp;Finally they halted
+before him, holding each other's hands for protection, and took a good
+satisfying stare with their innocent eyes; then one of them plucked up
+all her courage and inquired with honest directness&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Who art thou, boy?"</p>
+
+<p>"I am the King," was the grave answer.</p>
+
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="19-239"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="19-239.jpg (71K)" src="images/19-239.jpg" height="453" width="546">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>The children gave a little start, and their eyes spread themselves wide
+open and remained so during a speechless half minute. &nbsp;Then curiosity
+broke the silence&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"The KING? &nbsp;What King?"</p>
+
+<p>"The King of England."</p>
+
+<p>The children looked at each other&mdash;then at him&mdash;then at each other
+again&mdash;wonderingly, perplexedly; then one said&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Didst hear him, Margery?&mdash;he said he is the King. &nbsp;Can that be true?"</p>
+
+<p>"How can it be else but true, Prissy? &nbsp;Would he say a lie? &nbsp;For look you,
+Prissy, an' it were not true, it WOULD be a lie. &nbsp;It surely would be.
+Now think on't. &nbsp;For all things that be not true, be lies&mdash;thou canst
+make nought else out of it."</p>
+
+<p>It was a good tight argument, without a leak in it anywhere; and it left
+Prissy's half-doubts not a leg to stand on. &nbsp;She considered a moment,
+then put the King upon his honour with the simple remark&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"If thou art truly the King, then I believe thee."</p>
+
+<p>"I am truly the King."</p>
+
+<p>This settled the matter. &nbsp;His Majesty's royalty was accepted without
+further question or discussion, and the two little girls began at once to
+inquire into how he came to be where he was, and how he came to be so
+unroyally clad, and whither he was bound, and all about his affairs. &nbsp;It
+was a mighty relief to him to pour out his troubles where they would not
+be scoffed at or doubted; so he told his tale with feeling, forgetting
+even his hunger for the time; and it was received with the deepest and
+tenderest sympathy by the gentle little maids. &nbsp;But when he got down to
+his latest experiences and they learned how long he had been without
+food, they cut him short and hurried him away to the farmhouse to find a
+breakfast for him.</p>
+
+<p>The King was cheerful and happy now, and said to himself, "When I am come
+to mine own again, I will always honour little children, remembering how
+that these trusted me and believed in me in my time of trouble; whilst
+they that were older, and thought themselves wiser, mocked at me and held
+me for a liar."</p>
+
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="19-240"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="19-240.jpg (103K)" src="images/19-240.jpg" height="557" width="729">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>The children's mother received the King kindly, and was full of pity; for
+his forlorn condition and apparently crazed intellect touched her womanly
+heart. &nbsp;She was a widow, and rather poor; consequently she had seen
+trouble enough to enable her to feel for the unfortunate. &nbsp;She imagined
+that the demented boy had wandered away from his friends or keepers; so
+she tried to find out whence he had come, in order that she might take
+measures to return him; but all her references to neighbouring towns and
+villages, and all her inquiries in the same line went for nothing&mdash;the
+boy's face, and his answers, too, showed that the things she was talking
+of were not familiar to him. &nbsp;He spoke earnestly and simply about court
+matters, and broke down, more than once, when speaking of the late King
+'his father'; but whenever the conversation changed to baser topics, he
+lost interest and became silent.</p>
+
+<p>The woman was mightily puzzled; but she did not give up. &nbsp;As she
+proceeded with her cooking, she set herself to contriving devices to
+surprise the boy into betraying his real secret. &nbsp;She talked about
+cattle&mdash;he showed no concern; then about sheep&mdash;the same result: &nbsp;so her
+guess that he had been a shepherd boy was an error; she talked about
+mills; and about weavers, tinkers, smiths, trades and tradesmen of all
+sorts; and about Bedlam, and jails, and charitable retreats: &nbsp;but no
+matter, she was baffled at all points. &nbsp;Not altogether, either; for she
+argued that she had narrowed the thing down to domestic service. &nbsp;Yes,
+she was sure she was on the right track, now; he must have been a house
+servant. &nbsp;So she led up to that. &nbsp;But the result was discouraging. The
+subject of sweeping appeared to weary him; fire-building failed to stir
+him; scrubbing and scouring awoke no enthusiasm. The goodwife touched,
+with a perishing hope, and rather as a matter of form, upon the subject
+of cooking. &nbsp;To her surprise, and her vast delight, the King's face
+lighted at once! &nbsp;Ah, she had hunted him down at last, she thought; and
+she was right proud, too, of the devious shrewdness and tact which had
+accomplished it.</p>
+
+<p>Her tired tongue got a chance to rest, now; for the King's, inspired by
+gnawing hunger and the fragrant smells that came from the sputtering pots
+and pans, turned itself loose and delivered itself up to such an eloquent
+dissertation upon certain toothsome dishes, that within three minutes the
+woman said to herself, "Of a truth I was right&mdash;he hath holpen in a
+kitchen!" &nbsp;Then he broadened his bill of fare, and discussed it with such
+appreciation and animation, that the goodwife said to herself, "Good
+lack! how can he know so many dishes, and so fine ones withal? &nbsp;For these
+belong only upon the tables of the rich and great. &nbsp;Ah, now I see! ragged
+outcast as he is, he must have served in the palace before his reason
+went astray; yes, he must have helped in the very kitchen of the King
+himself! &nbsp;I will test him."</p>
+
+<p>Full of eagerness to prove her sagacity, she told the King to mind the
+cooking a moment&mdash;hinting that he might manufacture and add a dish or
+two, if he chose; then she went out of the room and gave her children a
+sign to follow after. &nbsp;The King muttered&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Another English king had a commission like to this, in a bygone time&mdash;it
+is nothing against my dignity to undertake an office which the great
+Alfred stooped to assume. &nbsp;But I will try to better serve my trust than
+he; for he let the cakes burn."</p>
+
+<p>The intent was good, but the performance was not answerable to it, for
+this King, like the other one, soon fell into deep thinkings concerning
+his vast affairs, and the same calamity resulted&mdash;the cookery got burned.
+The woman returned in time to save the breakfast from entire destruction;
+and she promptly brought the King out of his dreams with a brisk and
+cordial tongue-lashing. Then, seeing how troubled he was over his
+violated trust, she softened at once, and was all goodness and gentleness
+toward him.</p>
+
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="19-242"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="19-242.jpg (145K)" src="images/19-242.jpg" height="793" width="726">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>The boy made a hearty and satisfying meal, and was greatly refreshed and
+gladdened by it. &nbsp;It was a meal which was distinguished by this curious
+feature, that rank was waived on both sides; yet neither recipient of the
+favour was aware that it had been extended. &nbsp;The goodwife had intended to
+feed this young tramp with broken victuals in a corner, like any other
+tramp or like a dog; but she was so remorseful for the scolding she had
+given him, that she did what she could to atone for it by allowing him to
+sit at the family table and eat with his betters, on ostensible terms of
+equality with them; and the King, on his side, was so remorseful for
+having broken his trust, after the family had been so kind to him, that
+he forced himself to atone for it by humbling himself to the family
+level, instead of requiring the woman and her children to stand and wait
+upon him, while he occupied their table in the solitary state due to his
+birth and dignity. &nbsp;It does us all good to unbend sometimes. &nbsp;This good
+woman was made happy all the day long by the applauses which she got out
+of herself for her magnanimous condescension to a tramp; and the King was
+just as self-complacent over his gracious humility toward a humble
+peasant woman.</p>
+
+<p>When breakfast was over, the housewife told the King to wash up the
+dishes. &nbsp;This command was a staggerer, for a moment, and the King came
+near rebelling; but then he said to himself, "Alfred the Great watched
+the cakes; doubtless he would have washed the dishes too&mdash;therefore will
+I essay it."</p>
+
+<p>He made a sufficiently poor job of it; and to his surprise too, for the
+cleaning of wooden spoons and trenchers had seemed an easy thing to do.
+It was a tedious and troublesome piece of work, but he finished it at
+last. &nbsp;He was becoming impatient to get away on his journey now; however,
+he was not to lose this thrifty dame's society so easily. &nbsp;She furnished
+him some little odds and ends of employment, which he got through with
+after a fair fashion and with some credit. &nbsp;Then she set him and the
+little girls to paring some winter apples; but he was so awkward at this
+service that she retired him from it and gave him a butcher knife to
+grind. </p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="19-244"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="19-244.jpg (129K)" src="images/19-244.jpg" height="842" width="724">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>
+Afterwards she kept him carding wool until he began to think he
+had laid the good King Alfred about far enough in the shade for the
+present in the matter of showy menial heroisms that would read
+picturesquely in story-books and histories, and so he was half-minded to
+resign. &nbsp;And when, just after the noonday dinner, the goodwife gave him a
+basket of kittens to drown, he did resign. &nbsp;At least he was just going to
+resign&mdash;for he felt that he must draw the line somewhere, and it seemed
+to him that to draw it at kitten-drowning was about the right thing&mdash;when
+there was an interruption. &nbsp;The interruption was John Canty&mdash;with a
+peddler's pack on his back&mdash;and Hugo.</p>
+
+<p>The King discovered these rascals approaching the front gate before they
+had had a chance to see him; so he said nothing about drawing the line,
+but took up his basket of kittens and stepped quietly out the back way,
+without a word. &nbsp;He left the creatures in an out-house, and hurried on,
+into a narrow lane at the rear.</p>
+
+
+<br><br><hr><br>
+<br><br>
+<a name="c20"></a>
+<a name="20-245"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="20-245.jpg (42K)" src="images/20-245.jpg" height="375" width="655">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+
+<p>Chapter XX. The Prince and the hermit.</p>
+
+<p>The high hedge hid him from the house, now; and so, under the impulse of
+a deadly fright, he let out all his forces and sped toward a wood in the
+distance. &nbsp;He never looked back until he had almost gained the shelter of
+the forest; then he turned and descried two figures in the distance.
+That was sufficient; he did not wait to scan them critically, but hurried
+on, and never abated his pace till he was far within the twilight depths
+of the wood. Then he stopped; being persuaded that he was now tolerably
+safe. He listened intently, but the stillness was profound and
+solemn&mdash;awful, even, and depressing to the spirits. &nbsp;At wide intervals his
+straining ear did detect sounds, but they were so remote, and hollow, and
+mysterious, that they seemed not to be real sounds, but only the moaning
+and complaining ghosts of departed ones. &nbsp;So the sounds were yet more
+dreary than the silence which they interrupted.</p>
+
+<p>It was his purpose, in the beginning, to stay where he was the rest of
+the day; but a chill soon invaded his perspiring body, and he was at last
+obliged to resume movement in order to get warm. He struck straight
+through the forest, hoping to pierce to a road presently, but he was
+disappointed in this. &nbsp;He travelled on and on; but the farther he went,
+the denser the wood became, apparently. &nbsp;The gloom began to thicken,
+by-and-by, and the King realised that the night was coming on. &nbsp;It made him
+shudder to think of spending it in such an uncanny place; so he tried to
+hurry faster, but he only made the less speed, for he could not now see
+well enough to choose his steps judiciously; consequently he kept
+tripping over roots and tangling himself in vines and briers.</p>
+
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="20-248"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="20-248.jpg (160K)" src="images/20-248.jpg" height="849" width="708">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+
+<p>And how glad he was when at last he caught the glimmer of a light! He
+approached it warily, stopping often to look about him and listen. &nbsp;It
+came from an unglazed window-opening in a shabby little hut. &nbsp;He heard a
+voice, now, and felt a disposition to run and hide; but he changed his
+mind at once, for this voice was praying, evidently. &nbsp;He glided to the
+one window of the hut, raised himself on tiptoe, and stole a glance
+within. &nbsp;The room was small; its floor was the natural earth, beaten hard
+by use; in a corner was a bed of rushes and a ragged blanket or two; near
+it was a pail, a cup, a basin, and two or three pots and pans; there was
+a short bench and a three-legged stool; on the hearth the remains of a
+faggot fire were smouldering; before a shrine, which was lighted by a
+single candle, knelt an aged man, and on an old wooden box at his side
+lay an open book and a human skull. &nbsp;The man was of large, bony frame;
+his hair and whiskers were very long and snowy white; he was clothed in a
+robe of sheepskins which reached from his neck to his heels.</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="20-249"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="20-249.jpg (139K)" src="images/20-249.jpg" height="839" width="762">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+
+<p>"A holy hermit!" said the King to himself; "now am I indeed fortunate."</p>
+
+<p>The hermit rose from his knees; the King knocked. &nbsp;A deep voice
+responded&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Enter!&mdash;but leave sin behind, for the ground whereon thou shalt stand is
+holy!"</p>
+
+<p>The King entered, and paused. &nbsp;The hermit turned a pair of gleaming,
+unrestful eyes upon him, and said&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Who art thou?"</p>
+
+<p>"I am the King," came the answer, with placid simplicity.</p>
+
+<p>"Welcome, King!" cried the hermit, with enthusiasm. &nbsp;Then, bustling about
+with feverish activity, and constantly saying, "Welcome, welcome," he
+arranged his bench, seated the King on it, by the hearth, threw some
+faggots on the fire, and finally fell to pacing the floor with a nervous
+stride.</p>
+
+<p>"Welcome! &nbsp;Many have sought sanctuary here, but they were not worthy, and
+were turned away. &nbsp;But a King who casts his crown away, and despises the
+vain splendours of his office, and clothes his body in rags, to devote
+his life to holiness and the mortification of the flesh&mdash;he is worthy, he
+is welcome!&mdash;here shall he abide all his days till death come." &nbsp;The King
+hastened to interrupt and explain, but the hermit paid no attention to
+him&mdash;did not even hear him, apparently, but went right on with his talk,
+with a raised voice and a growing energy. &nbsp;"And thou shalt be at peace
+here. &nbsp;None shall find out thy refuge to disquiet thee with supplications
+to return to that empty and foolish life which God hath moved thee to
+abandon. &nbsp;Thou shalt pray here; thou shalt study the Book; thou shalt
+meditate upon the follies and delusions of this world, and upon the
+sublimities of the world to come; thou shalt feed upon crusts and herbs,
+and scourge thy body with whips, daily, to the purifying of thy soul.
+Thou shalt wear a hair shirt next thy skin; thou shalt drink water only;
+and thou shalt be at peace; yes, wholly at peace; for whoso comes to seek
+thee shall go his way again, baffled; he shall not find thee, he shall
+not molest thee."</p>
+
+<p>The old man, still pacing back and forth, ceased to speak aloud, and
+began to mutter. &nbsp;The King seized this opportunity to state his case; and
+he did it with an eloquence inspired by uneasiness and apprehension. &nbsp;But
+the hermit went on muttering, and gave no heed. &nbsp;And still muttering, he
+approached the King and said impressively&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"'Sh! &nbsp;I will tell you a secret!" &nbsp;He bent down to impart it, but checked
+himself, and assumed a listening attitude. &nbsp;After a moment or two he went
+on tiptoe to the window-opening, put his head out, and peered around in
+the gloaming, then came tiptoeing back again, put his face close down to
+the King's, and whispered&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"I am an archangel!"</p>
+
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="20-251"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="20-251.jpg (65K)" src="images/20-251.jpg" height="645" width="331">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>The King started violently, and said to himself, "Would God I were with
+the outlaws again; for lo, now am I the prisoner of a madman!" &nbsp;His
+apprehensions were heightened, and they showed plainly in his face. &nbsp;In a
+low excited voice the hermit continued&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"I see you feel my atmosphere! &nbsp;There's awe in your face! &nbsp;None may be in
+this atmosphere and not be thus affected; for it is the very atmosphere
+of heaven. &nbsp;I go thither and return, in the twinkling of an eye. &nbsp;I was
+made an archangel on this very spot, it is five years ago, by angels sent
+from heaven to confer that awful dignity. &nbsp;Their presence filled this
+place with an intolerable brightness. &nbsp;And they knelt to me, King! yes,
+they knelt to me! for I was greater than they. &nbsp;I have walked in the
+courts of heaven, and held speech with the patriarchs. &nbsp;Touch my hand&mdash;be
+not afraid&mdash;touch it. &nbsp;There&mdash;now thou hast touched a hand which has been
+clasped by Abraham and Isaac and Jacob! &nbsp;For I have walked in the golden
+courts; I have seen the Deity face to face!" &nbsp;He paused, to give this
+speech effect; then his face suddenly changed, and he started to his feet
+again saying, with angry energy, "Yes, I am an archangel; A MERE
+ARCHANGEL!&mdash;I that might have been pope! &nbsp;It is verily true. &nbsp;I was told
+it from heaven in a dream, twenty years ago; ah, yes, I was to be
+pope!&mdash;and I SHOULD have been pope, for Heaven had said it&mdash;but the King
+dissolved my religious house, and I, poor obscure unfriended monk, was
+cast homeless upon the world, robbed of my mighty destiny!" Here he began
+to mumble again, and beat his forehead in futile rage, with his fist; now
+and then articulating a venomous curse, and now and then a pathetic
+"Wherefore I am nought but an archangel&mdash;I that should have been pope!"</p>
+
+<p>So he went on, for an hour, whilst the poor little King sat and suffered.
+Then all at once the old man's frenzy departed, and he became all
+gentleness. &nbsp;His voice softened, he came down out of his clouds, and fell
+to prattling along so simply and so humanly, that he soon won the King's
+heart completely. &nbsp;The old devotee moved the boy nearer to the fire and
+made him comfortable; doctored his small bruises and abrasions with a
+deft and tender hand; and then set about preparing and cooking a
+supper&mdash;chatting pleasantly all the time, and occasionally stroking the lad's
+cheek or patting his head, in such a gently caressing way that in a
+little while all the fear and repulsion inspired by the archangel were
+changed to reverence and affection for the man.</p>
+
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="20-253"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="20-253.jpg (131K)" src="images/20-253.jpg" height="756" width="730">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>This happy state of things continued while the two ate the supper; then,
+after a prayer before the shrine, the hermit put the boy to bed, in a
+small adjoining room, tucking him in as snugly and lovingly as a mother
+might; and so, with a parting caress, left him and sat down by the fire,
+and began to poke the brands about in an absent and aimless way.
+Presently he paused; then tapped his forehead several times with his
+fingers, as if trying to recall some thought which had escaped from his
+mind. &nbsp;Apparently he was unsuccessful. &nbsp;Now he started quickly up, and
+entered his guest's room, and said&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Thou art King?"</p>
+
+<p>"Yes," was the response, drowsily uttered.</p>
+
+<p>"What King?"</p>
+
+<p>"Of England."</p>
+
+<p>"Of England? &nbsp;Then Henry is gone!"</p>
+
+<p>"Alack, it is so. &nbsp;I am his son."</p>
+
+<p>A black frown settled down upon the hermit's face, and he clenched his
+bony hands with a vindictive energy. &nbsp;He stood a few moments, breathing
+fast and swallowing repeatedly, then said in a husky voice&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Dost know it was he that turned us out into the world houseless and
+homeless?"</p>
+
+<p>There was no response. &nbsp;The old man bent down and scanned the boy's
+reposeful face and listened to his placid breathing. &nbsp;"He sleeps&mdash;sleeps
+soundly;" and the frown vanished away and gave place to an expression of
+evil satisfaction. &nbsp;A smile flitted across the dreaming boy's features.
+The hermit muttered, "So&mdash;his heart is happy;" and he turned away. &nbsp;He
+went stealthily about the place, seeking here and there for something;
+now and then halting to listen, now and then jerking his head around and
+casting a quick glance toward the bed; and always muttering, always
+mumbling to himself. &nbsp;At last he found what he seemed to want&mdash;a rusty
+old butcher knife and a whetstone. &nbsp;Then he crept to his place by the
+fire, sat himself down, and began to whet the knife softly on the stone,
+still muttering, mumbling, ejaculating. &nbsp;The winds sighed around the
+lonely place, the mysterious voices of the night floated by out of the
+distances. &nbsp;The shining eyes of venturesome mice and rats peered out at
+the old man from cracks and coverts, but he went on with his work, rapt,
+absorbed, and noted none of these things.</p>
+
+<p>At long intervals he drew his thumb along the edge of his knife, and
+nodded his head with satisfaction. &nbsp;"It grows sharper," he said; "yes, it
+grows sharper."</p>
+
+<p>He took no note of the flight of time, but worked tranquilly on,
+entertaining himself with his thoughts, which broke out occasionally in
+articulate speech&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"His father wrought us evil, he destroyed us&mdash;and is gone down into the
+eternal fires! &nbsp;Yes, down into the eternal fires! &nbsp;He escaped us&mdash;but it
+was God's will, yes it was God's will, we must not repine. &nbsp;But he hath
+not escaped the fires! &nbsp;No, he hath not escaped the fires, the consuming,
+unpitying, remorseless fires&mdash;and THEY are everlasting!"</p>
+
+<p>And so he wrought, and still wrought&mdash;mumbling, chuckling a low rasping
+chuckle at times&mdash;and at times breaking again into words&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"It was his father that did it all. &nbsp;I am but an archangel; but for him I
+should be pope!"</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="20-255"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="20-255.jpg (128K)" src="images/20-255.jpg" height="755" width="719">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+
+<p>The King stirred. &nbsp;The hermit sprang noiselessly to the bedside, and went
+down upon his knees, bending over the prostrate form with his knife
+uplifted. &nbsp;The boy stirred again; his eyes came open for an instant, but
+there was no speculation in them, they saw nothing; the next moment his
+tranquil breathing showed that his sleep was sound once more.</p>
+
+<p>The hermit watched and listened, for a time, keeping his position and
+scarcely breathing; then he slowly lowered his arms, and presently crept
+away, saying,&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"It is long past midnight; it is not best that he should cry out, lest by
+accident someone be passing."</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="20-256"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="20-256.jpg (69K)" src="images/20-256.jpg" height="464" width="734">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+
+<p>He glided about his hovel, gathering a rag here, a thong there, and
+another one yonder; then he returned, and by careful and gentle handling
+he managed to tie the King's ankles together without waking him. &nbsp;Next he
+essayed to tie the wrists; he made several attempts to cross them, but
+the boy always drew one hand or the other away, just as the cord was
+ready to be applied; but at last, when the archangel was almost ready to
+despair, the boy crossed his hands himself, and the next moment they were
+bound. Now a bandage was passed under the sleeper's chin and brought up
+over his head and tied fast&mdash;and so softly, so gradually, and so deftly
+were the knots drawn together and compacted, that the boy slept
+peacefully through it all without stirring.</p>
+
+
+
+<br><br><hr><br>
+<br><br>
+<a name="c21"></a>
+<a name="21-257"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="21-257.jpg (51K)" src="images/21-257.jpg" height="386" width="651">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+
+<p>Chapter XXI. Hendon to the rescue.</p>
+
+<p>The old man glided away, stooping, stealthy, cat-like, and brought the
+low bench. &nbsp;He seated himself upon it, half his body in the dim and
+flickering light, and the other half in shadow; and so, with his craving
+eyes bent upon the slumbering boy, he kept his patient vigil there,
+heedless of the drift of time, and softly whetted his knife, and mumbled
+and chuckled; and in aspect and attitude he resembled nothing so much as
+a grizzly, monstrous spider, gloating over some hapless insect that lay
+bound and helpless in his web.</p>
+
+<p>After a long while, the old man, who was still gazing,&mdash;yet not seeing,
+his mind having settled into a dreamy abstraction,&mdash;observed, on a
+sudden, that the boy's eyes were open! wide open and staring!&mdash;staring up
+in frozen horror at the knife. &nbsp;The smile of a gratified devil crept over
+the old man's face, and he said, without changing his attitude or his
+occupation&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Son of Henry the Eighth, hast thou prayed?"</p>
+
+<p>The boy struggled helplessly in his bonds, and at the same time forced a
+smothered sound through his closed jaws, which the hermit chose to
+interpret as an affirmative answer to his question.</p>
+
+<p>"Then pray again. &nbsp;Pray the prayer for the dying!"</p>
+
+<p>A shudder shook the boy's frame, and his face blenched. &nbsp;Then he
+struggled again to free himself&mdash;turning and twisting himself this way
+and that; tugging frantically, fiercely, desperately&mdash;but uselessly&mdash;to
+burst his fetters; and all the while the old ogre smiled down upon him,
+and nodded his head, and placidly whetted his knife; mumbling, from time
+to time, "The moments are precious, they are few and precious&mdash;pray the
+prayer for the dying!"</p>
+
+<p>The boy uttered a despairing groan, and ceased from his struggles,
+panting. &nbsp;The tears came, then, and trickled, one after the other, down
+his face; but this piteous sight wrought no softening effect upon the
+savage old man.</p>
+
+<p>The dawn was coming now; the hermit observed it, and spoke up sharply,
+with a touch of nervous apprehension in his voice&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"I may not indulge this ecstasy longer! &nbsp;The night is already gone. &nbsp;It
+seems but a moment&mdash;only a moment; would it had endured a year! &nbsp;Seed of
+the Church's spoiler, close thy perishing eyes, an' thou fearest to look
+upon&mdash;"</p>
+
+<p>The rest was lost in inarticulate mutterings. &nbsp;The old man sank upon his
+knees, his knife in his hand, and bent himself over the moaning boy.</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="21-260"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="21-260.jpg (111K)" src="images/21-260.jpg" height="669" width="727">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>Hark! &nbsp;There was a sound of voices near the cabin&mdash;the knife dropped from
+the hermit's hand; he cast a sheepskin over the boy and started up,
+trembling. &nbsp;The sounds increased, and presently the voices became rough
+and angry; then came blows, and cries for help; then a clatter of swift
+footsteps, retreating. &nbsp;Immediately came a succession of thundering
+knocks upon the cabin door, followed by&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Hullo-o-o! &nbsp;Open! &nbsp;And despatch, in the name of all the devils!"</p>
+
+<p>Oh, this was the blessedest sound that had ever made music in the King's
+ears; for it was Miles Hendon's voice!</p>
+
+<p>The hermit, grinding his teeth in impotent rage, moved swiftly out of the
+bedchamber, closing the door behind him; and straightway the King heard a
+talk, to this effect, proceeding from the 'chapel':&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Homage and greeting, reverend sir! &nbsp;Where is the boy&mdash;MY boy?"</p>
+
+<p>"What boy, friend?"</p>
+
+<p>"What boy! &nbsp;Lie me no lies, sir priest, play me no deceptions!&mdash;I am not
+in the humour for it. &nbsp;Near to this place I caught the scoundrels who I
+judged did steal him from me, and I made them confess; they said he was
+at large again, and they had tracked him to your door. &nbsp;They showed me
+his very footprints. &nbsp;Now palter no more; for look you, holy sir, an'
+thou produce him not&mdash;Where is the boy?"</p>
+
+<p>"O good sir, peradventure you mean the ragged regal vagrant that tarried
+here the night. &nbsp;If such as you take an interest in such as he, know,
+then, that I have sent him of an errand. &nbsp;He will be back anon."</p>
+
+<p>"How soon? &nbsp;How soon? &nbsp;Come, waste not the time&mdash;cannot I overtake him?
+How soon will he be back?"</p>
+
+<p>"Thou need'st not stir; he will return quickly."</p>
+
+<p>"So be it, then. &nbsp;I will try to wait. &nbsp;But stop!&mdash;YOU sent him of an
+errand?&mdash;you! &nbsp;Verily this is a lie&mdash;he would not go. &nbsp;He would pull thy
+old beard, an' thou didst offer him such an insolence. Thou hast lied,
+friend; thou hast surely lied! &nbsp;He would not go for thee, nor for any
+man."</p>
+
+<p>"For any MAN&mdash;no; haply not. &nbsp;But I am not a man."</p>
+
+<p>"WHAT! &nbsp;Now o' God's name what art thou, then?"</p>
+
+<p>"It is a secret&mdash;mark thou reveal it not. &nbsp;I am an archangel!"</p>
+
+<p>There was a tremendous ejaculation from Miles Hendon&mdash;not altogether
+unprofane&mdash;followed by&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"This doth well and truly account for his complaisance! &nbsp;Right well I
+knew he would budge nor hand nor foot in the menial service of any
+mortal; but, lord, even a king must obey when an archangel gives the word
+o' command! &nbsp;Let me&mdash;'sh! &nbsp;What noise was that?"</p>
+
+<p>All this while the little King had been yonder, alternately quaking with
+terror and trembling with hope; and all the while, too, he had thrown all
+the strength he could into his anguished moanings, constantly expecting
+them to reach Hendon's ear, but always realising, with bitterness, that
+they failed, or at least made no impression. &nbsp;So this last remark of his
+servant came as comes a reviving breath from fresh fields to the dying;
+and he exerted himself once more, and with all his energy, just as the
+hermit was saying&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Noise? &nbsp;I heard only the wind."</p>
+
+<p>"Mayhap it was. &nbsp;Yes, doubtless that was it. &nbsp;I have been hearing it
+faintly all the&mdash;there it is again! &nbsp;It is not the wind! &nbsp;What an odd
+sound! &nbsp;Come, we will hunt it out!"</p>
+
+<p>Now the King's joy was nearly insupportable. &nbsp;His tired lungs did their
+utmost&mdash;and hopefully, too&mdash;but the sealed jaws and the muffling
+sheepskin sadly crippled the effort. &nbsp;Then the poor fellow's heart sank,
+to hear the hermit say&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"Ah, it came from without&mdash;I think from the copse yonder. &nbsp;Come, I will
+lead the way."</p>
+
+<p>The King heard the two pass out, talking; heard their footsteps die
+quickly away&mdash;then he was alone with a boding, brooding, awful silence.</p>
+
+<p>It seemed an age till he heard the steps and voices approaching
+again&mdash;and this time he heard an added sound,&mdash;the trampling of hoofs,
+apparently. &nbsp;Then he heard Hendon say&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>"I will not wait longer. &nbsp;I CANNOT wait longer. &nbsp;He has lost his way in
+this thick wood. &nbsp;Which direction took he? &nbsp;Quick&mdash;point it out to me."</p>
+
+<p>"He&mdash;but wait; I will go with thee."</p>
+
+<p>"Good&mdash;good! &nbsp;Why, truly thou art better than thy looks. &nbsp;Marry I do not
+think there's not another archangel with so right a heart as thine. &nbsp;Wilt
+ride? &nbsp;Wilt take the wee donkey that's for my boy, or wilt thou fork thy
+holy legs over this ill-conditioned slave of a mule that I have provided
+for myself?&mdash;and had been cheated in too, had he cost but the indifferent
+sum of a month's usury on a brass farthing let to a tinker out of work."</p>
+
+<p>"No&mdash;ride thy mule, and lead thine ass; I am surer on mine own feet, and
+will walk."</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="21-262"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="21-262.jpg (97K)" src="images/21-262.jpg" height="562" width="728">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>"Then prithee mind the little beast for me while I take my life in my
+hands and make what success I may toward mounting the big one."</p>
+
+<p>Then followed a confusion of kicks, cuffs, tramplings and plungings,
+accompanied by a thunderous intermingling of volleyed curses, and finally
+a bitter apostrophe to the mule, which must have broken its spirit, for
+hostilities seemed to cease from that moment.</p>
+
+<p>With unutterable misery the fettered little King heard the voices and
+footsteps fade away and die out. &nbsp;All hope forsook him, now, for the
+moment, and a dull despair settled down upon his heart. "My only friend
+is deceived and got rid of," he said; "the hermit will return and&mdash;" &nbsp;He
+finished with a gasp; and at once fell to struggling so frantically with
+his bonds again, that he shook off the smothering sheepskin.</p>
+
+<p>And now he heard the door open! &nbsp;The sound chilled him to the
+marrow&mdash;already he seemed to feel the knife at his throat. &nbsp;Horror made him close
+his eyes; horror made him open them again&mdash;and before him stood John
+Canty and Hugo!</p>
+
+<br><br>
+<a name="21-264"></a>
+<br><br>
+<center>
+<img alt="21-264.jpg (96K)" src="images/21-264.jpg" height="560" width="728">
+</center>
+<br><br><br><br>
+
+<p>He would have said "Thank God!" if his jaws had been free.</p>
+
+<p>A moment or two later his limbs were at liberty, and his captors, each
+gripping him by an arm, were hurrying him with all speed through the
+forest.</p>
+
+
+
+<br>
+<br>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+
+
+
+
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