The Prince and the Pauper • Paragraph 1491
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“Oh, folly, oh, madness, my King!” cried Tom Canty, in a panic, “wait!--think! Do not give up!--the cause is not lost! Nor _shall_ be, neither! List to what I say--follow every word--I am going to bring that morning back again, every hap just as it happened. We talked--I told you of my sisters, Nan and Bet--ah, yes, you remember that; and about mine old grandam--and the rough games of the lads of Offal Court--yes, you remember these things also; very well, follow me still, you shall recall everything. You gave me food and drink, and did with princely courtesy send away the servants, so that my low breeding might not shame me before them--ah, yes, this also you remember.”