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The
Lord
Protector
reflected
a
moment
or
two
in
perplexity
,
then
he
said
,
with
grave
respectfulness
--
"
By
your
favour
,
sir
,
I
desire
to
ask
certain
questions
which
--
"
"
I
will
answer
them
,
my
lord
.
"
The
Duke
asked
him
many
questions
about
the
Court
,
the
late
King
,
the
prince
,
the
princesses
--
the
boy
answered
them
correctly
and
without
hesitating
.
He
described
the
rooms
of
state
in
the
palace
,
the
late
King
's
apartments
,
and
those
of
the
Prince
of
Wales
.
It
was
strange
;
it
was
wonderful
;
yes
,
it
was
unaccountable
--
so
all
said
that
heard
it
.
The
tide
was
beginning
to
turn
,
and
Tom
Canty
's
hopes
to
run
high
,
when
the
Lord
Protector
shook
his
head
and
said
--
"
It
is
true
it
is
most
wonderful
--
but
it
is
no
more
than
our
lord
the
King
likewise
can
do
.
"
This
remark
,
and
this
reference
to
himself
as
still
the
King
,
saddened
Tom
Canty
,
and
he
felt
his
hopes
crumbling
from
under
him
.
"
These
are
not
proofs
,
"
added
the
Protector
.
The
tide
was
turning
very
fast
now
,
very
fast
indeed
--
but
in
the
wrong
direction
;
it
was
leaving
poor
Tom
Canty
stranded
on
the
throne
,
and
sweeping
the
other
out
to
sea
.
The
Lord
Protector
communed
with
himself
--
shook
his
head
--
the
thought
forced
itself
upon
him
,
"
It
is
perilous
to
the
State
and
to
us
all
,
to
entertain
so
fateful
a
riddle
as
this
;
it
could
divide
the
nation
and
undermine
the
throne
.
"
He
turned
and
said
--
"
Sir
Thomas
,
arrest
this
--
No
,
hold
!
"
His
face
lighted
,
and
he
confronted
the
ragged
candidate
with
this
question
--
"
Where
lieth
the
Great
Seal
?
Answer
me
this
truly
,
and
the
riddle
is
unriddled
;
for
only
he
that
was
Prince
of
Wales
can
so
answer
!
On
so
trivial
a
thing
hang
a
throne
and
a
dynasty
!
"
