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The Lady Elizabeth, my sister, is fourteen, and the Lady Jane Grey, my
cousin, is of mine own age, and comely and gracious withal; but my sister
the Lady Mary, with her gloomy mien and--Look you: do thy sisters forbid
their servants to smile, lest the sin destroy their souls?"
"
They? Oh, dost think, sir, that THEY have servants?"
The little prince contemplated the little pauper gravely a moment, then
said--
"And prithee, why not? Who helpeth them undress at night? Who attireth
them when they rise?"
"None, sir. Would'st have them take off their garment, and sleep
without--like the beasts?"
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Their garment! Have they but one?"
Ah, good your worship, what would they do with more? Truly they have
not two bodies each."
"It is a quaint and marvellous thought! Thy pardon, I had not meant to
laugh. But thy good Nan and thy Bet shall have raiment and lackeys enow,
and that soon, too: my cofferer shall look to it. No, thank me not;
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