Принц и нищий
Le Roi est mort — vive le Roi
TheFirstLordoftheBedchamberreceivedthehoseandwasabouttoencaseTom’slegsinthem,whenasuddenflushinvadedhisfaceandhehurriedlyhustledthethingsbackintothehandsoftheArchbishopofCanterburywithanastoundedlookandawhispered,"See,mylord!"pointingtoasomethingconnectedwiththehose.TheArchbishoppaled,thenflushed,andpassedthehosetotheLordHighAdmiral,whispering,"See,mylord!"TheAdmiralpassedthehosetotheHereditaryGrandDiaperer,andhadhardlybreathenoughinhisbodytoejaculate,"See,mylord!"Thehosedriftedbackwardalongtheline,totheChiefStewardoftheHousehold,theConstableoftheTower,NorroyKing-at-Arms,theMasteroftheWardrobe,theChancellorRoyaloftheDuchyofLancaster,theThirdGroomoftheStole,theHeadRangerofWindsorForest,theSecondGentlemanoftheBedchamber,theFirstLordoftheBuckhounds,—accompaniedalwayswiththatamazedandfrightened"See!see!"—tilltheyfinallyreachedthehandsoftheChiefEquerryinWaiting,whogazedamoment,withapallidface,uponwhathadcausedallthisdismay,thenhoarselywhispered,"Bodyofmylife,ataggonefromatruss-point!—totheTowerwiththeHeadKeeperoftheKing’sHose!"—afterwhichheleanedupontheshoulderoftheFirstLordoftheBuckhoundstoregatherhisvanishedstrengthwhilstfreshhose,withoutanydamagedstringstothem,werebrought.
Butallthingsmusthaveanend,andsointimeTomCantywasinaconditiontogetoutofbed.
