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Poor Tom was listening, as well as his dazed faculties would let him, to the beginning of this speech; but when the words "me the good king" fell upon his ear, his face blanched, and he dropped as instantly upon his knees as if a shot had brought him there. Lifting up his hands, he exclaimed:
"Thou the King? Then am I undone indeed!"
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This speech seemed to stun the king. His eyes wandered from face to face aimlessly, then rested, bewildered, upon the boy before him. Then he said in a tone of deep disappointment:
"Alack, I had believed the rumor disproportioned to the truth; but I fear me "tis not so." He breathed a heavy sigh, and said in a gentle voice, "Come to thy father, child; thou art not well."
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