Most distempered dreams of fortune. Now shall I be happy all my days, and

all the house of Marlow after me.'

Tom had wit enough to perceive that here was a lad who could be useful to

Him. He encouraged Humphrey to talk, and he was nothing loath. He was

delighted to believe that he was helping in Tom's 'cure'; for always, as soon as

he had finished calling back to Tom's diseased mind the various particulars of

His experiences and adventures in the royal schoolroom and elsewhere about

the palace, he noticed that Tom was then able to 'recall' the circumstances

Quite clearly. At the end of an hour Tom found himself well freighted with

Very valuable information concerning personages and matters pertaining to

The court; so he resolved to draw instruction from this source daily; and to

This end he would give order to admit Humphrey to the royal closet whenever

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He might come, provided the majesty of England was not engaged with other

People.

Humphrey had hardly been dismissed when my Lord Hertford arrived with

More trouble for Tom. He said that the lords of the council, fearing that some

overwrought report of the king's damaged health might have leaked out and

Got abroad, they deemed it wise and best that his majesty should begin to dine

In public after a day or two — his wholesome complexion and vigorous step,