text:  We would pardon his recording in some detail the gracious words spoken to him by the King of this and the Prince of that--showing how he was treated on a footing of perfect equality and familiarity by the mighty ones of the earth--how they caressed and complimented him and wore out the boots of their aides-de-camp and chamberlains by sending after him--and how they told him to "Venez me demander a diner " or in other words to go and take a chop with them whenever he could make it convenient