? ? ? ? "In the bank for to be collected. Where would it be?"
? ? ? ? "Well, that's all right then, thank goodness."
? ? ? ? Says I, kind of timid-like:
? ? ? ? "Is something gone wrong?"
? ? ? ? The king whirls on me and rips out:
? ? ? ? "None o' your business! You keep your head shet, and mind y'r own affairs- if you got any. Long as you're in this town, don't you forgit that, you hear?" Then he says to the duke, "We got to jest swaller it, and say noth'n: mum's the word for us."
? ? ? ? As they was starting down the ladder, the duke he chuckles again, and says:
? ? ? ? "Quick sales and small profits! It's a good business- yes."
? ? ? ? The king snarls around on him and says,
? ? ? ? "I was trying to do for the best, in sellin' 'm out so quick.
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