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That
same
day
several
prisoners
were
brought
in
to
remain
over
night
,
who
were
being
conveyed
,
under
guard
,
to
various
places
in
the
kingdom
,
to
undergo
punishment
for
crimes
committed
.
The
King
conversed
with
these
--
he
had
made
it
a
point
,
from
the
beginning
,
to
instruct
himself
for
the
kingly
office
by
questioning
prisoners
whenever
the
opportunity
offered
--
and
the
tale
of
their
woes
wrung
his
heart
.
One
of
them
was
a
poor
half-witted
woman
who
had
stolen
a
yard
or
two
of
cloth
from
a
weaver
--
she
was
to
be
hanged
for
it
.
Another
was
a
man
who
had
been
accused
of
stealing
a
horse
;
he
said
the
proof
had
failed
,
and
he
had
imagined
that
he
was
safe
from
the
halter
;
but
no
--
he
was
hardly
free
before
he
was
arraigned
for
killing
a
deer
in
the
King
's
park
;
this
was
proved
against
him
,
and
now
he
was
on
his
way
to
the
gallows
.
There
was
a
tradesman
's
apprentice
whose
case
particularly
distressed
the
King
;
this
youth
said
he
found
a
hawk
,
one
evening
,
that
had
escaped
from
its
owner
,
and
he
took
it
home
with
him
,
imagining
himself
entitled
to
it
;
but
the
court
convicted
him
of
stealing
it
,
and
sentenced
him
to
death
.
The
King
was
furious
over
these
inhumanities
,
and
wanted
Hendon
to
break
jail
and
fly
with
him
to
Westminster
,
so
that
he
could
mount
his
throne
and
hold
out
his
sceptre
in
mercy
over
these
unfortunate
people
and
save
their
lives
.
"
Poor
child
,
"
sighed
Hendon
,
"
these
woeful
tales
have
brought
his
malady
upon
him
again
;
alack
,
but
for
this
evil
hap
,
he
would
have
been
well
in
a
little
time
.
"
Among
these
prisoners
was
an
old
lawyer
--
a
man
with
a
strong
face
and
a
dauntless
mien
.
Three
years
past
,
he
had
written
a
pamphlet
against
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
accusing
him
of
injustice
,
and
had
been
punished
for
it
by
the
loss
of
his
ears
in
the
pillory
,
and
degradation
from
the
bar
,
and
in
addition
had
been
fined
3,000
pounds
and
sentenced
to
imprisonment
for
life
.
Lately
he
had
repeated
his
offence
;
and
in
consequence
was
now
under
sentence
to
lose
what
remained
of
his
ears
,
pay
a
fine
of
5,000
pounds
,
be
branded
on
both
cheeks
,
and
remain
in
prison
for
life
"
These
be
honourable
scars
,
"
he
said
,
and
turned
back
his
grey
hair
and
showed
the
mutilated
stubs
of
what
had
once
been
his
ears
.
The
King
's
eye
burned
with
passion
.
He
said
--
"
None
believe
in
me
--
neither
wilt
thou
.
But
no
matter
--
within
the
compass
of
a
month
thou
shalt
be
free
;
and
more
,
the
laws
that
have
dishonoured
thee
,
and
shamed
the
English
name
,
shall
be
swept
from
the
statute
books
.
The
world
is
made
wrong
;
kings
should
go
to
school
to
their
own
laws
,
at
times
,
and
so
learn
mercy
.
"
Meantime
Miles
was
growing
sufficiently
tired
of
confinement
and
inaction
.
But
now
his
trial
came
on
,
to
his
great
gratification
,
and
he
thought
he
could
welcome
any
sentence
provided
a
further
imprisonment
should
not
be
a
part
of
it
.
But
he
was
mistaken
about
that
.
He
was
in
a
fine
fury
when
he
found
himself
described
as
a
'
sturdy
vagabond
'
and
sentenced
to
sit
two
hours
in
the
stocks
for
bearing
that
character
and
for
assaulting
the
master
of
Hendon
Hall
.
His
pretensions
as
to
brothership
with
his
prosecutor
,
and
rightful
heirship
to
the
Hendon
honours
and
estates
,
were
left
contemptuously
unnoticed
,
as
being
not
even
worth
examination
.
He
raged
and
threatened
on
his
way
to
punishment
,
but
it
did
no
good
;
he
was
snatched
roughly
along
by
the
officers
,
and
got
an
occasional
cuff
,
besides
,
for
his
irreverent
conduct
.
The
King
could
not
pierce
through
the
rabble
that
swarmed
behind
;
so
he
was
obliged
to
follow
in
the
rear
,
remote
from
his
good
friend
and
servant
.
The
King
had
been
nearly
condemned
to
the
stocks
himself
for
being
in
such
bad
company
,
but
had
been
let
off
with
a
lecture
and
a
warning
,
in
consideration
of
his
youth
.
When
the
crowd
at
last
halted
,
he
flitted
feverishly
from
point
to
point
around
its
outer
rim
,
hunting
a
place
to
get
through
;
and
at
last
,
after
a
deal
of
difficulty
and
delay
,
succeeded
.
There
sat
his
poor
henchman
in
the
degrading
stocks
,
the
sport
and
butt
of
a
dirty
mob
--
he
,
the
body
servant
of
the
King
of
England
!
Edward
had
heard
the
sentence
pronounced
,
but
he
had
not
realised
the
half
that
it
meant
.
