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Then
he
struck
the
boy
a
light
blow
on
the
shoulder
with
the
flat
of
his
sword
,
exclaiming
,
"
Rise
,
Humphrey
Marlow
,
Hereditary
Grand
Whipping-Boy
to
the
Royal
House
of
England
!
Banish
sorrow
--
I
will
betake
me
to
my
books
again
,
and
study
so
ill
that
they
must
in
justice
treble
thy
wage
,
so
mightily
shall
the
business
of
thine
office
be
augmented
.
"
The
grateful
Humphrey
responded
fervidly
--
"
Thanks
,
O
most
noble
master
,
this
princely
lavishness
doth
far
surpass
my
most
distempered
dreams
of
fortune
.
Now
shall
I
be
happy
all
my
days
,
and
all
the
house
of
Marlow
after
me
.
"
Tom
had
wit
enough
to
perceive
that
here
was
a
lad
who
could
be
useful
to
him
.
He
encouraged
Humphrey
to
talk
,
and
he
was
nothing
loath
.
He
was
delighted
to
believe
that
he
was
helping
in
Tom
's
'
cure
'
;
for
always
,
as
soon
as
he
had
finished
calling
back
to
Tom
's
diseased
mind
the
various
particulars
of
his
experiences
and
adventures
in
the
royal
school-room
and
elsewhere
about
the
palace
,
he
noticed
that
Tom
was
then
able
to
'
recall
'
the
circumstances
quite
clearly
.
At
the
end
of
an
hour
Tom
found
himself
well
freighted
with
very
valuable
information
concerning
personages
and
matters
pertaining
to
the
Court
;
so
he
resolved
to
draw
instruction
from
this
source
daily
;
and
to
this
end
he
would
give
order
to
admit
Humphrey
to
the
royal
closet
whenever
he
might
come
,
provided
the
Majesty
of
England
was
not
engaged
with
other
people
.
Humphrey
had
hardly
been
dismissed
when
my
Lord
Hertford
arrived
with
more
trouble
for
Tom
.
He
said
that
the
Lords
of
the
Council
,
fearing
that
some
overwrought
report
of
the
King
's
damaged
health
might
have
leaked
out
and
got
abroad
,
they
deemed
it
wise
and
best
that
his
Majesty
should
begin
to
dine
in
public
after
a
day
or
two
--
his
wholesome
complexion
and
vigorous
step
,
assisted
by
a
carefully
guarded
repose
of
manner
and
ease
and
grace
of
demeanour
,
would
more
surely
quiet
the
general
pulse
--
in
case
any
evil
rumours
had
gone
about
--
than
any
other
scheme
that
could
be
devised
.
Then
the
Earl
proceeded
,
very
delicately
,
to
instruct
Tom
as
to
the
observances
proper
to
the
stately
occasion
,
under
the
rather
thin
disguise
of
'
reminding
'
him
concerning
things
already
known
to
him
;
but
to
his
vast
gratification
it
turned
out
that
Tom
needed
very
little
help
in
this
line
--
he
had
been
making
use
of
Humphrey
in
that
direction
,
for
Humphrey
had
mentioned
that
within
a
few
days
he
was
to
begin
to
dine
in
public
;
having
gathered
it
from
the
swift-winged
gossip
of
the
Court
.
Tom
kept
these
facts
to
himself
,
however
.
Seeing
the
royal
memory
so
improved
,
the
Earl
ventured
to
apply
a
few
tests
to
it
,
in
an
apparently
casual
way
,
to
find
out
how
far
its
amendment
had
progressed
.
The
results
were
happy
,
here
and
there
,
in
spots
--
spots
where
Humphrey
's
tracks
remained
--
and
on
the
whole
my
lord
was
greatly
pleased
and
encouraged
So
encouraged
was
he
,
indeed
,
that
he
spoke
up
and
said
in
a
quite
hopeful
voice
--
"
Now
am
I
persuaded
that
if
your
Majesty
will
but
tax
your
memory
yet
a
little
further
,
it
will
resolve
the
puzzle
of
the
Great
Seal
--
a
loss
which
was
of
moment
yesterday
,
although
of
none
to-day
,
since
its
term
of
service
ended
with
our
late
lord
's
life
.
May
it
please
your
Grace
to
make
the
trial
?
"
Tom
was
at
sea
--
a
Great
Seal
was
something
which
he
was
totally
unacquainted
with
.
After
a
moment
's
hesitation
he
looked
up
innocently
and
asked
--
