So Jim and me set to majestying him, and doing this and that and t'other for him, and standing up till he told us we might set down. This done him heaps of good, and so he got cheerful and comfortable. But the duke kind of soured on him, and didn't look a bit satisfied with the way things was going; still, the king acted real friendly towards him, and said the duke's great-grandfather and all the other Dukes of Bilgewater was a good deal thought of by his father and was allowed to come to the palace considerable; but the duke staid hurry a good while, till by-and-by the king says:
? ? ? ? "Like as not we got to be together a blamed long time, on this h-yer raft, Bilgewater, and so what's the use o' your bein' sour? It'll only make things oncomfortable. It ain't my fault I warn't born a duke, it ain't your fault you warn't born a king- so what's the use to worry? Make the best o' things the way you find 'em, says I- that's my motto. This ain't no bad thing that we've struck here- plenty grub and an easy life- come, give us your hand, Duke, and less all be friends."
? ? ? ? The duke done it, and Jim and me was pretty glad to see it.
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