Принц і жебрак

           "TheKingthyfather!Oh,mychild!unsaythesewordsthatbefreightedwithdeathforthee,andruinforallthatbeneartothee.Shakeofthisgruesomedream.Callbackthypoorwanderingmemory.Lookuponme.AmnotIthymotherthatborethee,andloveththee?"

           ThePrinceshookhisheadandreluctantlysaid—

           "GodknowethIamlothtogrievethyheart;buttrulyhaveIneverlookeduponthyfacebefore."

           Thewomansankbacktoasittingpostureonthefloor,and,coveringhereyeswithherhands,gavewaytoheart-brokensobsandwailings.

           "Lettheshowgoon!"shoutedCanty."What,Nan!—what,Bet!mannerlesswenches!willyestandinthePrince’spresence?Uponyourknees,yepauperscum,anddohimreverence!"

           Hefollowedthiswithanotherhorse-laugh.Thegirlsbegantopleadtimidlyfortheirbrother;andNansaid—

           "Anthouwiltbutlethimtobed,father,restandsleepwillhealhismadness:prithee,do."

           "Do,father,"saidBet;"heismorewornthanishiswont.To-morrowwillhebehimselfagain,andwillbegwithdiligence,andcomenotemptyhomeagain."

           Thisremarksoberedthefather’sjoviality,andbroughthismindtobusiness.HeturnedangrilyuponthePrince,andsaid—

           "Themorrowmustwepaytwopenniestohimthatownsthishole;twopennies,markye—allthismoneyforahalf-year’srent,elseoutofthiswego.Showwhatthou’stgatheredwiththylazybegging."

           ThePrincesaid—

           "Offendmenotwiththysordidmatters.ItelltheeagainIamtheKing’sson."