"Yes once again, good-night, Kate! Nay, do not accompany me! I will leave the hall quite unobserved; and I shall be pleased, if my guests will still prolong the fair feast till morning.

All of you remain here! No one but Douglas accompanies me." "And your brother, the fool!" said John Heywood, who long before had come out of his hiding-place and was now standing by the king.

"Yes, come, brother Henry; let us quit this feast.

It is not becoming for wise men of our sort to grant our presence still longer to the feast of fools.

Come to your couch, king, and I will lull your ear to sleep with the sayings of my wisdom, and enliven your soul with the manna of my learning." While John Heywood thus spoke, it did not escape him that the features of the earl suddenly clouded and a dark frown settled on his brow.
"Spare your wisdom for to-day, John," said the king; "for you would indeed be preaching only to deaf ears.