. Shrewsbury; a romance . ier part of this history be greatlysurprised to hear that when he returned, I, RichardPrice, was with him. I am not going to dwell on the misery through whichI had gone in anticipation of that appearance; the fearswhich I had been forced to combat, or the night Avatches,through which I had lain, sAveating and awake. Sufficeit that I stood there at last, seeing in a kind of maze thesober lights and dark rich colours of the room, and thefaces at the table all turned towards me; and stoodthere, not in the humble guise befitting my station, butin velvet and ruffles, sword
. Shrewsbury; a romance . ier part of this history be greatlysurprised to hear that when he returned, I, RichardPrice, was with him. I am not going to dwell on the misery through whichI had gone in anticipation of that appearance; the fearswhich I had been forced to combat, or the night Avatches,through which I had lain, sAveating and awake. Sufficeit that I stood there at last, seeing in a kind of maze thesober lights and dark rich colours of the room, and thefaces at the table all turned towards me; and stoodthere, not in the humble guise befitting my station, butin velvet and ruffles, sword and peruke, the very double,as the mirror before which I had dressed had assured me,of my noble patron. This, at Mr. Vernons suggestionand by his contrivance. While I had lived in my lords house, and moved toand fro soberly garbed, in a big wig or my OAvn hair, thelikeness had been no more than ground for a nudge anda joke among the servants. Now, dressed once more, asSmith had dressed me, in a suit of the Dukes clothes,. QD < E- <; wu<: < < k:w HC oo SHREWSBURY 399 and one of his perukes, and trimmed and combed by onewho knew him, the resemblance I presented was so re-markable that none of the lords at the table could be blindto it. One or two, in sheer wonder, exclaimed on it;while Sir John, who, poor gentleman, was more concernedthan any, fairly gasped with dismay. It was left to the Duke of Devonshire to break the is this? Who is this? he said, in the utmostastonishment. What does it mean ? The King, who had noted on an occasion that verylikeness, which all now saw, and was the first to read theriddle, laughed dryly. Two very common things, mylord, he said, a rogue and a fool. Speak, man, hecontinued, addressing me. You were in the Dukeshousehold awhile ago ? nest-ce pas prt 9 I saw you here ? Yes, your Majesty, I said, hardly keeping my fearswithin bounds. And you have been playing his part, I suppose?Eh ? At—how do you call the place—Ashfor
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