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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 4.
The Prince and the Pauper, Part 4.
The Prince and the Pauper, Part 4.
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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 4.

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Mark Twain

Mark Twain, who was born Samuel L. Clemens in Missouri in 1835, wrote some of the most enduring works of literature in the English language, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc was his last completed book—and, by his own estimate, his best. Its acquisition by Harper & Brothers allowed Twain to stave off bankruptcy. He died in 1910. 

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    The Prince and the Pauper, Part 4. - Mark Twain

    THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, Part 4.

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    by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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    Title: The Prince and The Pauper, Part 4.

    Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

    Release Date: July 3, 2004 [EBook #7157]

    Language: English

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    THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER

    by Mark Twain

    Part Four

    The Great Seal

    I will set down a tale as it was told to me by one who had it of his father, which latter had it of HIS father, this last having in like manner had it of HIS father—and so on, back and still back, three hundred years and more, the fathers transmitting it to the sons and so preserving it.  It may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition. It may have happened, it may not have happened:  but it COULD have happened.  It may be that the wise and the learned believed it in the old days; it may be that only the unlearned and the simple loved it and credited it.

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    Chapter XII. The Prince and his deliverer.

    As soon as Miles Hendon and the little prince were clear of the mob, they struck down through back lanes and alleys toward the river.  Their way was unobstructed until they approached London Bridge; then they ploughed into the multitude again, Hendon keeping a fast grip upon the Prince's—no, the King's—wrist.  The tremendous news was already abroad, and the boy learned it from a thousand voices at once—The King is dead!  The tidings struck a chill to the heart of the poor little waif, and sent a shudder through his frame.  He realised the greatness of his loss, and was filled with a bitter grief; for the grim tyrant who had been such a terror to others had always been gentle with him.  The tears sprang to his eyes and blurred all objects.  For an instant he felt himself the most forlorn, outcast, and forsaken of God's creatures—then another cry

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