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The crowd fell apart to admit a constable, who approached and was about to lay his hand upon the king's shoulder, when Hendon said:
"Gently, good friend, withhold your hand-he shall go peaceably; I am responsible for that. Lead on, we will follow."
The officer led, with the woman and her bundle; Miles and the king followed after, with the crowd at their heels. The king was inclined to rebel; but Hendon said to him in a low voice
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"Reflect, sire-your laws are the wholesome breath of your own royalty; shall their source reject them, yet require the branches to respect them? Apparently, one of these laws has been broken; when the king is on his throne again, can it ever grieve him to remember that when he was seemingly a private person he loyally sunk the king in the citizen and submitted to its authority?" Decorative painting