DWIFE (_aside; showing fear_). It is--it is--the king!

KING. We'll fight again, my men! At daybreak we'll surprise them.

SOLDIERS. Aye! Aye!

KING. Goodwife, your king now thanks you.

GOODWIFE (_kneeling_). Oh, your Majesty, forgive me! forgive me!

KING (_gently_). Arise, goodwife.

GOODWIFE (_rising_). Alas the day I made you fry the cakes! Alas the day
I would have beaten you!

KING. Nay, goodwife, 'twas that saved my life. I bless the day you made
me fry the cakes! I bless the day you would have beaten me! (_Lifting
his hand over her head._)

And you I bless, goodwife, for your loyalty to England and her king!
Soldiers, salute this brave goodwife!

[_Soldiers form in a double line from door of hut, and hold their bows
aloft to make an arch. The Goodwife passes up this lane, under the bows,
and stands in door of hut. The King and the Prince salute her._]

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