[The Princess and the Curdie by George MacDonald]@TWC D-Link bookThe Princess and the Curdie CHAPTER 23 3/10
'I am come to set things right in this house.
Not one of the servants knows I am here. Will you tell them tomorrow morning that, if they do not alter their ways, and give over drinking, and lying, and stealing, and unkindness, they shall every one of them be driven from the palace ?' 'They will not believe me.' 'Most likely; but will you give them the chance ?' 'I will.' 'Then I will be your friend.
Wait here till I come again.' She looked him once more in the face, and sat down. When he reached the royal chamber, he found His Majesty awake, and very anxiously expecting him.
He received him with the utmost kindness, and at once, as it were, put himself in his hands by telling him all he knew concerning the state he was in.
His voice was feeble, but his eye was clear, although now and then his words and thoughts seemed to wander.
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