The Prince and The Pauper


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Chapter VI. Tom receives instructions.  
Tom was conducted to the principal apartment of a noble suite, and made  
to sit down--a thing which he was loth to do, since there were elderly  
men and men of high degree about him. He begged them to be seated also,  
but they only bowed their thanks or murmured them, and remained  
standing.  
He would have insisted, but his 'uncle' the Earl of Hertford whispered in  
his ear--  
"Prithee, insist not, my lord; it is not meet that they sit in thy  
presence."  
The Lord St. John was announced, and after making obeisance to Tom, he  
said--  
"I come upon the King's errand, concerning a matter which requireth  
privacy. Will it please your royal highness to dismiss all that attend  
you here, save my lord the Earl of Hertford?"  
Observing that Tom did not seem to know how to proceed, Hertford  
whispered him to make a sign with his hand, and not trouble himself to  
speak unless he chose. When the waiting gentlemen had retired, Lord St.  
John said--  
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