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The Prince and The Pauper

CHAPTER XVII
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I know thee not.

I am the King.

If thou hast hid my servant, find him for me, or thou shalt sup sorrow for what thou hast done." John Canty replied, in a stern and measured voice-- "It is plain thou art mad, and I am loath to punish thee; but if thou provoke me, I must.

Thy prating doth no harm here, where there are no ears that need to mind thy follies; yet it is well to practise thy tongue to wary speech, that it may do no hurt when our quarters change.

I have done a murder, and may not tarry at home--neither shalt thou, seeing I need thy service.


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