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And
pleased
with
this
jest
,
he
removed
the
chair
from
the
table
,
took
his
stand
behind
the
King
,
and
proceeded
to
wait
upon
him
in
the
courtliest
way
he
was
capable
of
.
While
the
King
ate
,
the
rigour
of
his
royal
dignity
relaxed
a
little
,
and
with
his
growing
contentment
came
a
desire
to
talk
.
He
said
--
"
I
think
thou
callest
thyself
Miles
Hendon
,
if
I
heard
thee
aright
?
"
"
Yes
,
Sire
,
"
Miles
replied
;
then
observed
to
himself
,
"
If
I
must
humour
the
poor
lad
's
madness
,
I
must
'
Sire
'
him
,
I
must
'
Majesty
'
him
,
I
must
not
go
by
halves
,
I
must
stick
at
nothing
that
belongeth
to
the
part
I
play
,
else
shall
I
play
it
ill
and
work
evil
to
this
charitable
and
kindly
cause
.
"
The
King
warmed
his
heart
with
a
second
glass
of
wine
,
and
said
--
"
I
would
know
thee
--
tell
me
thy
story
.
Thou
hast
a
gallant
way
with
thee
,
and
a
noble
--
art
nobly
born
?
"
"
We
are
of
the
tail
of
the
nobility
,
good
your
Majesty
.
My
father
is
a
baronet
--
one
of
the
smaller
lords
by
knight
service
--
Sir
Richard
Hendon
of
Hendon
Hall
,
by
Monk
's
Holm
in
Kent
.
"
"
The
name
has
escaped
my
memory
.
Go
on
--
tell
me
thy
story
.
"
"
'
Tis
not
much
,
your
Majesty
,
yet
perchance
it
may
beguile
a
short
half-hour
for
want
of
a
better
.
My
father
,
Sir
Richard
,
is
very
rich
,
and
of
a
most
generous
nature
.
My
mother
died
whilst
I
was
yet
a
boy
.
I
have
two
brothers
:
Arthur
,
my
elder
,
with
a
soul
like
to
his
father
's
;
and
Hugh
,
younger
than
I
,
a
mean
spirit
,
covetous
,
treacherous
,
vicious
,
underhanded
--
a
reptile
.
Such
was
he
from
the
cradle
;
such
was
he
ten
years
past
,
when
I
last
saw
him
--
a
ripe
rascal
at
nineteen
,
I
being
twenty
then
,
and
Arthur
twenty-two
.
There
is
none
other
of
us
but
the
Lady
Edith
,
my
cousin
--
she
was
sixteen
then
--
beautiful
,
gentle
,
good
,
the
daughter
of
an
earl
,
the
last
of
her
race
,
heiress
of
a
great
fortune
and
a
lapsed
title
.
My
father
was
her
guardian
.
I
loved
her
and
she
loved
me
;
but
she
was
betrothed
to
Arthur
from
the
cradle
,
and
Sir
Richard
would
not
suffer
the
contract
to
be
broken
.
Arthur
loved
another
maid
,
and
bade
us
be
of
good
cheer
and
hold
fast
to
the
hope
that
delay
and
luck
together
would
some
day
give
success
to
our
several
causes
.
Hugh
loved
the
Lady
Edith
's
fortune
,
though
in
truth
he
said
it
was
herself
he
loved
--
but
then
'
twas
his
way
,
alway
,
to
say
the
one
thing
and
mean
the
other
.
But
he
lost
his
arts
upon
the
girl
;
he
could
deceive
my
father
,
but
none
else
.
My
father
loved
him
best
of
us
all
,
and
trusted
and
believed
him
;
for
he
was
the
youngest
child
,
and
others
hated
him
--
these
qualities
being
in
all
ages
sufficient
to
win
a
parent
's
dearest
love
;
and
he
had
a
smooth
persuasive
tongue
,
with
an
admirable
gift
of
lying
--
and
these
be
qualities
which
do
mightily
assist
a
blind
affection
to
cozen
itself
.
I
was
wild
--
in
troth
I
might
go
yet
farther
and
say
very
wild
,
though
'
twas
a
wildness
of
an
innocent
sort
,
since
it
hurt
none
but
me
,
brought
shame
to
none
,
nor
loss
,
nor
had
in
it
any
taint
of
crime
or
baseness
,
or
what
might
not
beseem
mine
honourable
degree
.
"
Yet
did
my
brother
Hugh
turn
these
faults
to
good
account
--
he
seeing
that
our
brother
Arthur
's
health
was
but
indifferent
,
and
hoping
the
worst
might
work
him
profit
were
I
swept
out
of
the
path
--
so
--
but
'
twere
a
long
tale
,
good
my
liege
,
and
little
worth
the
telling
.
Briefly
,
then
,
this
brother
did
deftly
magnify
my
faults
and
make
them
crimes
;
ending
his
base
work
with
finding
a
silken
ladder
in
mine
apartments
--
conveyed
thither
by
his
own
means
--
and
did
convince
my
father
by
this
,
and
suborned
evidence
of
servants
and
other
lying
knaves
,
that
I
was
minded
to
carry
off
my
Edith
and
marry
with
her
in
rank
defiance
of
his
will
.
