"I must needs go sometimes to buy whalebone, and other trifles which I
must have for my business here. So I just go and come back, and meddle
with none."
"Well, well," said the Prince, "the next time you come to London, you
must bring your wife with you, and pay me a visit."
Mrs. Duddlestone clasped her fat little hands with delight.
"And shall I see the Queen?" she exclaimed.
"And see both the Queen and myself," answered the Prince. "Come, John,
say you will do so!"
"Surely, sir," said John, "I should like to give the good woman a bit of
pleasure in that way, but your grand servants would shut the doors
before us, and never let us in, perhaps."
"I can soon set that right!" and taking a card from his pocket, Prince
George wrote a few words on it, and gave it to them.
"That will gain you ready admission," he said, "and now I must leave
you. Next time we meet, I shall entertain and care for you. For the
present, I thank you for your kind welcome and good dinner, which I have
heartily enjoyed."
Then rising, he and the officer bade farewell to the good people and
took their leave.
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Language Lesson--Let pupils use other words to express what is given
below in dark type.
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