'You forget, ma'am, that it is the king's house.' 'That is all the same.

The king left it to me to take care of--and that you shall know!' 'Is the king dead, ma'am, that he has left it to you ?' asked Curdie, half in doubt from the self-assertion of the woman.
'Insolent fellow!' exclaimed the housekeeper.

'Don't you see by my dress that I am in the king's service ?' 'And am I not one of his miners ?' 'Ah! that goes for nothing.

I am one of his household.

You are an out-of-doors labourer.