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Upon that , there came a rap upon

his door, and when he opened it he saw the Prince's treasurer, a foppish

gentleman, very dainty in his words

"Mr Warner," said the treasurer, "his Highness has hinted to me his

desires; he has moulded them into the shape of a prayer or a request"

"In a word, he has bidden you," said Wogan

"Fie, sir! There's a barbarous and i word;

upon nity or merit and banishable from

polite speech His Highness did entleness of condescension befitting a Sunday or a New Year's Day to

bring and present and coift,--a e of his an bowed, and requested the treasurer to enter and be seated the

while he recovered his breath

"Nay, Mr Warner, I e as any raw-head or bloody-bones The cruel, irrevocable moments

pass I could consume an hour, sir, before I touched as I "

"Sir, I do not doubt it," said Wogan