Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson
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win my gratitude; and then you fling it all away by a piece of
unpardonable behaviour. Are you aware of the penalties for such behaviour as yours?--brawling in the Palace itself, knocking my men down, forcing your way into the lodgings of Her Majesty's Ladies? Have you anything to say as to why you should not go before the Green Cloth?" A great surge of contradiction and defiance rose within me; but I choked it down again. It was there if I should need it. The effort held me steady and balanced. "Do you hear me, sir?" "Yes, Sir," said I. "Well--what have you to say?" He glanced past me towards the door; and I thought again that the guards were in his mind. "Sir; I have a very great deal to say. But I fear I should offend Your Majesty." The King jerked his head impatiently. "It is of the nature of a defence?" "Certainly, Sir." "Say it then. You need one." |
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