The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
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“‘EMBRACE ME, HUGH,’ HE CRIED” “HUGH PUT UP HIS HAND IN DISSENT” “A BEAUTIFUL LADY, RICHLY CLOTHED” “HUGH WAS PINNED TO THE WALL” DISOWNED “OBEY, AND HAVE NO FEAR” “AM I MILES HENDON?” IN PRISON “CHAINED IN A LARGE ROOM” “THE OLD MAN LOOKED HENDON OVER” “INFORMATION DELIVERED IN A LOW VOICE” “THE KING!” HE CRIED. “WHAT KING?” “TWO WOMEN CHAINED TO POSTS” “TORN AWAY BY THE OFFICERS” “THE KING WAS FURIOUS” THE SACRIFICE “HE CONFRONTED THE OFFICER IN CHARGE” “WHILE THE LASH WAS APPLIED” “SIR HUGH SPURRED AWAY” TO LONDON “MOUNTED AND RODE OFF WITH THE KING” “MIDST OF A JAM OF HOWLING PEOPLE” TOM’S PROGRESS “TO KISS HIS HAND AT PARTING” “COMMANDED HER TO GO TO HER CLOSET” THE RECOGNITION PROCESSION THE START FOR THE TOWER “WELCOME, O KING!” “A LARGESS! A LARGESS!” “SHE WAS AT HIS SIDE” “IT IS AN ILL TIME FOR DREAMING” “SHE WAS MY MOTHER” CORONATION DAY “GATHERS UP THE LADY’S LONG TRAIN” “TOM CANTY APPEARED” “AND FELL ON HIS KNEES BEFORE HIM” “THE GREAT SEAL--FETCH IT HITHER” “SIRE, THE SEAL IS NOT THERE” “BETHINK THEE, MY KING” “LONG LIVE THE TRUE KING!”