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Rh impostor? Why I know this old hall, these pictures of my ancestors, find all these things that are about us, as a child knoweth its own nursery. Here was I born and bred, my lord; I speak the truth; I would not deceive thee; and should none else believe, I pray thee do not thou doubt me—I could not bear it."

"I do not doubt thee," said the king, with a childlike simplicity and faith.

"I thank thee out of my heart!" exclaimed Hendon, with a fervency which showed that he was touched. The king added, with the same gentle simplicity—

"Dost thou doubt me?"

A guilty confusion seized upon Hendon, and he was grateful that