Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 515
. Ay, little lad, she said at last, I fearthat 1 must be. I must forget to be a merrychild ; I must learn to be serious, learn to sighand look wise, and to give sage advice. Is ntthat being a queen? My mother was merry. She was the onlyqueen I ever knew. We used to play gamestogether. Thou seest,… … m queen of England! he faltered, thou? why, how canst thou? would break. That was ere I had seen thee.But now, hearken, I have much to learn andmuch to teach. Thou wilt teach me to be aqueen, thou little king; and I will teach theeto be merry, and sometimes, in that gray oldcastle beyond the sea,…
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