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Chapter 2

           Hismajestytooknottheleastnoticeofus,althoughourentrancewasnotwithoutsufficientnoise,bytheconcourseofallpersonsbelongingtothecourt.Buthewasthendeepinaproblem;andweattendedatleastanhour,beforehecouldsolveit.Therestoodbyhim,oneachside,ayoungpagewithflapsintheirhands,andwhentheysawhewasatleisure,oneofthemgentlystruckhismouth,andtheotherhisrightear;atwhichhestartledlikeoneawakedonthesudden,andlookingtowardsmeandthecompanyIwasin,recollectedtheoccasionofourcoming,whereofhehadbeeninformedbefore.Hespokesomewords,whereuponimmediatelyayoungmanwithaflapcameuptomyside,andflappedmegentlyontherightear;butImadesigns,aswellasIcould,thatIhadnooccasionforsuchaninstrument;which,asIafterwardsfound,gavehismajesty,andthewholecourt,averymeanopinionofmyunderstanding.Theking,asfarasIcouldconjecture,askedmeseveralquestions,andIaddressedmyselftohiminallthelanguagesIhad.WhenitwasfoundIcouldneitherunderstandnorbeunderstood,Iwasconductedbyhisordertoanapartmentinhispalace(thisprincebeingdistinguishedaboveallhispredecessorsforhishospitalitytostrangers),wheretwoservantswereappointedtoattendme.Mydinnerwasbrought,andfourpersonsofquality,whomIrememberedtohaveseenveryneartheking’sperson,didmethehonourtodinewithme.Wehadtwocourses,ofthreedisheseach.

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